Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/9e31lh6lwm
Dance the kolo, do not Stop: Šetano kolo in Slavonia
Miroslava Hadžihusejnović Valašek
; Trumbićeva 6, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Šetano kolo is a common name for a circle dance which is performed with narrative lyrics or distich lyrics without instrumental accompaniment. This is a closed or open circle dance performed by singers placed in two rows moving by a single step in slow or fast tempo in a clockwise direction. These are also the oldest circle dances in Croatia and Europe dating back to the 18th century. In the 20th century, they gradually disappeared from spontaneous performance, because the narratives are suppressed by the distich forms from Eastern Slavonia and Srijem. The reason for the disappearance was the length. It was not appropriate for the performances at the folklore festivals where cultural-artistic societies present themselves in short time frame. By 2016, the author recorded more than 200 performances of šetano kolo, mostly in the western part of Slavonian Posavina, collected a few collections and texts from the people in the field, presented it at the exhibition Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem 2009 in Klovićevi dvori gallery, founded folklore festival which has been held four times in various places in Slavonia, created a project through which it was enrolled in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia. In this paper, the author will present šetano kolo in written sources from the 18th to the 21st century.
Keywords
šetano kolo; Slavonia; folklore festival; written sources.
Hrčak ID:
284557
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Publication date:
7.10.2022.
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