History of Russian New Year's "horovod" around the tree

[Dieter De Bruyn]

This is what a colleague wrote me:

> There is a good book about New Year's traditions in Russia:
> 
> E.V. Dushechkina. Russkaja elka. Istorija. Mifologija. Literatura. Moskva: 
> Norint, 2002.
> 
> Best regards,
> A.Yudin
> 
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> Prof. dr. Oleksiy Yudin
> Russische taalkunde
> Vakgroep Slavistiek en Oost-Europakunde
> Universiteit Gent
> Rozier 44, 9000 Gent, Belgium
> Tel.: +32 (0)9 264 78 63
> Fax: +32 (0)9 264 38 10
> E-mail: Oleksiy.Yudin at UGent.be
> http://www.flwi.rug.ac.be/slavistiek/
> 
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>> From: "Oksana Burr" <oburr at MAIL.RU>
>> To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:44 AM
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] History of Russian New Year's "horovod" around the 
>> tree
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>>
>>>  Hi,
>>> I'm trying to find information about the origin of the tradition at New 
>>> Year's where "horovod" is formed around the tree and everyone dances and 
>>> sings the song at the same time.  When I was little, I would always dance 
>>> around the tree with other kids, but I never knew the meaning behind it. 
>>> Would anybody help me with finding resources on history about this 
>>> tradition?  I thank you in advance.
>>> Russian  teacher
>>> Brighton High School,
>>>  Oksana Burr
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