ROKOKO KOLO Croatian
PRONUNCIATION:	ROH-koh-koh KOH-loh
TRANSLATION:	Beautifully dressed girl
SOURCE:	Dick Oakes learned this dance from John Filcich. Dick Crum and Atanas Kolarovski have taught variants.
BACKGROUND:	Rokoko is a Croatian dance with Hungarian influences. On their boots, the men wear spurs that jingle during the dance. Rokoko is danced by the Bunjevač (Catholic) people in the neighborhood of Subotice (Subotica), a city in the western part of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, Yugoslavia. Once, the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is now the second largest city in the province, following Novi Sad. The name Subotica derives from the Serbian / Bunjevač word for "Saturday" or "Sabbath" ("subota") and first appeared in 1653. During the break-up of Yugoslavia, local leaders in Subotica were drawn from political parties opposed to the policy of the state government in Belgrade.
MUSIC:	Folk Dancer (45rpm) MH 1015-A
FORMATION:	Closed or open cir of mixed M and W with little fingers linked with neighbors and held at shldr level in "W" pos. (Other versions have hands held low in "V" pos.)
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	HOP: This is actually a low hop (or "lift") where the ball of the ft does not leave the floor. Steps are small and crisp.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION - None.
	THE DANCE
1	Step R swd (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R swd (ct 2); step L next to R (ct &);
2	Step R swd (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R swd (ct 2); low hop R, extending L over in front of R (ct &);
3	M: Step L to R of R ft (ct 1); low hop L, clicking heels together (ct &); step R next to L (ct 2); low hop R, clicking heels together (ct &);
4-7	Step L next to R (ct 1); low hop L, clicking heels together (ct &); and so forth for a total of ten step-hops;
3-7	W: Dance same steps as M except that they do not click heels and low hops are not as strong as M;
8	Stamp L,R,L in place, taking wt on each stamp (cts 1,&,2).
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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