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The Mystical ‘Horo’ Dance from the Balkans

A folk dance with ancient origins and full of meaning, the horo has been called the Bulgarian version of qigong and the nation’s traditional yoga.
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The Mystical ‘Horo’ Dance from the Balkans
ATHENS, GREECE: A Greek folk-dance group performs the horo in front of the Olympic Velodrome at the Olympic Complex in Athens during the Games of 2005. Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
Kremena Krumova
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/horo-bulgaria-53327399_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/horo-bulgaria-53327399_medium.jpg" alt="KOPRIVSHITSA, BULGARIA: Bulgarian women sing as they dance the 'horo', a chain-style folk dance, at the Ninth National Festival of Bulgarian Folk Art. (Valentina Petrova/AFP/Getty Images)" title="KOPRIVSHITSA, BULGARIA: Bulgarian women sing as they dance the 'horo', a chain-style folk dance, at the Ninth National Festival of Bulgarian Folk Art. (Valentina Petrova/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-89098"/></a>
KOPRIVSHITSA, BULGARIA: Bulgarian women sing as they dance the 'horo', a chain-style folk dance, at the Ninth National Festival of Bulgarian Folk Art. (Valentina Petrova/AFP/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/horo-greece-53303919_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/horo-greece-53303919_medium.jpg" alt="ATHENS, GREECE: A Greek folk-dance group performs the horo in front of the Olympic Velodrome at the Olympic Complex in Athens during the Games of 2005. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)" title="ATHENS, GREECE: A Greek folk-dance group performs the horo in front of the Olympic Velodrome at the Olympic Complex in Athens during the Games of 2005. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-89099"/></a>
ATHENS, GREECE: A Greek folk-dance group performs the horo in front of the Olympic Velodrome at the Olympic Complex in Athens during the Games of 2005. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)
Kremena Krumova
Kremena Krumova
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Kremena Krumova is a Sweden-based Foreign Correspondent of Epoch Times. She writes about African, Asian and European politics, as well as humanitarian, anti-terrorism and human rights issues.
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