01056nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001200043245008100055300001000136490000700146520075500153022001400908                                       d1 aT Zebec00aThe dance event as a political ritual - the kolo round dance salvonia at war  a79-890 v193 aAnalyzing a specific dance event during the 1992 war in Croatia, the author recognizes it as a political ritual.  The main point of the dance event, the round dance which was performed by a Slavonian folk-dance group at the International Folklore Festival in Zagreb, together with the results of the enquiry carried out among the performers of that dance event, show how important the role of the traditional dance can be in the Croatian community.  According to critical ethnological/anthropological research, having in mind the complex political situation in Croatia, the author provides some answers about the dance as a symbol of regional and national identity, and about symbolic ways of presentation of regional and national unity or diversity.  a0350-6134