

Often traditional clothing, which is unique to a region, is worn. Various kolos are performed at social ceremonies. Bordering regions are mostly more similar to each other. Traditional dance costumes vary from region to region.

The dance was used by Antonín Dvořák in his Slavonic Dances – the Serbian kolo is the seventh dance from opus 72. Some dances require both men and women to dance together, others require only the men or only the women. Kolo is performed at weddings, social, cultural, and religious ceremonies. It is difficult to master the dance and even most experienced dancers cannot master all of them. Each region has at least one unique kolo. Experienced dancers demonstrate virtuosity by adding different ornamental elements, such as syncopated steps. Kolo requires almost no movement above the waist. They form a circle, a single chain or multiple parallel lines. Dancers hold each other's hands or each other's waists. The circle dance is usually performed amongst groups of at least three people and up to several dozen people. According to Wilkes (1995), the kolo has an Illyrian origin as the dance seems to resemble dances depicted on funeral monuments of the Roman era.
