Kolo () is a UNESCO List of Intagible Cultural Heritage inscribed South Slavic circle dance, found under this name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. History According to Wilkes (1995), the kolo has an Illyrian origin, as the dance seems to resemble dances depicted on funeral monuments of the Roman era. Description The circle dance is usually performed amongst groups of at least three people and up to several dozen people. Dancers hold each other's hands or each other's waists. They form a circle, a single chain or multiple parallel lines. Kolo requires almost no movement above the waist. The basic steps are easy to learn. Experienced dancers demonstrate virtuosity by adding different ornamental elements, such as syncopated steps. Each region has at least one unique kolo. It is difficult to master the dance and even most experienced dancers cannot master all of them. Kolo is performed at weddings, social, cultural, and religious ceremonies. Some dances require both men and women to dance together, others require only the men or only the women. Music The music is generally fast-paced. The dance was used by Antonín Dvořák in his Slavonic Dances – the Serbian kolo is the seventh dance from opus 72. Traditional dance costume Traditional dance costumes vary from region to region. Bordering regions are mostly more similar to each other. Various kolos are performed at social ceremonies. Often traditional clothing, which is unique to a region, is worn. The most common kolo is the narodno kolo or drmeš; a standard step followed by accordion music. Other South Slavic circle dances Elsewhere in South Slavic countries, there is horo () in Bulgaria and oro () in North Macedonia and Montenegro. See also Armenian dance Assyrian folk dance Circle dance Croatian dances Dabke Faroese dance Greek dances Hora (dance), an equivalent of the kolo Khorovod, an Eastern European circle dance Kurdish dance Serbian dances Turkish dance References External links Music and video of the basic Kolo Kolo, traditional folk dance on the Unesco YouTube channel Bosnian dances Croatian folk dances Serbian folk dances European folk dances Dance forms in classical music Circle dances