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'''Horos''', '''khoros''', '''choros''' (χορός) means "dance" in [[Greek language]]. This word occurs in the names of numerous [[List of dances sorted by ethnicity|Greek dances]], which may be literally translated as "dance of..." or "dance from...". Sometimes the word may be omitted, e.g., both "''Hasapikos choros''" ("Dance of [[butcher]]s") and [[Hasapiko]] may be seen in use.
In [[Ancient Greece]] dance and song were inseparable parts of celebration and theatre. In fact the word [[choir]] originates from "choros" as well (see [[Greek chorus]]).
[[Image:Threshing place, Santorini, Greece.jpg|thumb|right|A ''chorostasi'']]
Many Greek villages have a flat place ''chorostasi''/''horostasi'' (Χοροστάσι) where dances, weddings and other events take place. The term ''chorostasi'' denotes "threshing floor", i.e., the place where the [[threshing]] of wheat was done, and after the end of harvesting it was clean and empty and hence a natural place for celebration. Therefore it is claimed <ref>[[http://www.helleniccomserve.com/greek_dance.html]</ref> that ''chorostasi'' gave both the name ''choros'' and the circular arrangement of the movement in the dance.
The dances [[Horo (dance)|Horo]] ([[Bulgaria]]) and [[Hora]] ([[Romania]]) (both from [[Balkans]]), and [[Horon]] altogether with ''horos'' have an ancient origin.
==See also==
*[[Horus]]
*[[Chorea (dance)|khoreia]].
*[[List of dances sorted by ethnicity]]
==References==
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[[Category:Greek dances]]
[[Category:Arts in ancient Greece]]
[[el:χορός]]