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The round dance is the most ancient ritual dance that embodies the principle of eternal rotation. In Slavic culture, it also has the names "salting" (by the sun), "Kolo", "Kolovrat" and hundreds of other variations. Round dance is the most ancient Russian dance - the ancestor of all types of folk choreography.

We can say that the Russian dance appeared, breaking the chain of the round dance. Not just a dance, but life itself, a symbol of the universal harmony - such is the Russian round dance.

There are two types of round dances - ritual and play. The movements of the ritual dance are guides to the inner world and follow the given structure of the dance, which certainly includes 7 sacred figures:

Pillars

The participants in the round dance form a motionless square, which then begins to move. Those who are behind, three by three go out a little to the side, go around the rest and stand at the beginning of the square. The movement continues until everyone has moved. The "pillar" figure symbolized the unity of earth and sky, feminine and masculine principles, which, moving and mixing, form the Universe.

Rein

The participants in the round dance form wavy lines, which soon begin to gradually decrease in amplitude, eventually turning into a point. It is the wavy lines that personify the waves of the ocean of Chaos, from which the new born appears, and into which the old deceased leaves.

Wattle

The name of this figure is not accidental. Like a craftsman who starts making a wattle fence from the starting point, the participants in the round dance diverge from the center, forming increasing spirals every second, which symbolically illustrate the process of the Creation of the Universe.

A circle

The symbolism of the circle is not limited to two definitions - it is the completion of Creation, and Perfection, and Harmony, and eternal Time, and the Universe, and God, and the immortal Soul.

Side to side

During the execution of this figure, the men line up in a line opposite the women. Then begins the alternate convergence of the "two principles" and their communication. Women, as it were, accidentally drop scarves and wreaths, and men pick up and return the losses to their mistresses. They straighten their clothes on top of each other and disperse only in order to get back together in a moment. This figure perfectly illustrates that everything in the world exists only through the interaction of two principles - the heavenly masculine and the earthly feminine.

On four sides

The penultimate figure is intended to show the final stage of the formation of the Universe. The participants form a square, the sides of which symbolize the four cardinal points. A stable and harmonious square reflects the state of the world in time and space in the best possible way. One of the elements of this figure are symbolic movements - the participants “sow millet” on four sides in order to “reap the harvest” soon.

Dance

With each figure, the movement of the round dance accelerates, and towards its completion the sacred dance acquires dashing prowess. During the dance part of the round dance, the most favorite folk dances are performed, accompanied by a daring accordion player. The best dancers begin to solo, deftly and inimitably demonstrating their abilities. This is the moment of realizing your essence, your place and your purpose.

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Humor - linguists about round dances:

Those who lead round dances are round dances.

Those who study the creativity of round dancers are round dancers.

Those who like to read round dancers are round dancers.

Those who hate round dance breeders are round dance breedersophilophobes.

Those who eat round dancers are phylophilophobes - round dancersophilophobes.

Those who fight against the round-water-ledophilophobophages are antichor-water-ledophilophobophages.

Those who pretend to be antichorodovodovodofilophobophagov - quasi-antichorovodovodovophilophobophagov.