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State Symbols

The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Colorado Symbols

Colorado Symbols

Air and Space Museum, Animal, Bird, Fish, Flag, Flower, Folk Dance, Fossil, Gemstone, Grass, Insect, Mineral, Motto, Nicknames, Rock, Seal, Song, Tartan, Tree

Colorado State Folk Dance

Square dancing

Adopted in 1992.

Square dancing is the American folk dance which traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance, and which is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia Reel, and heritage dances.
Citation: House Bill 1058, 1992; Colorado Revised Statute 24-80-909.5.

Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 24, Article 80, Part 9, Section 24-80-909.5.

TITLE 24. GOVERNMENT - STATE.
ARTICLE 80. STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS.
PART 9. STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS

24-80-909.5. State folk dance. Square dancing, the American folk dance which traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance, and which is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia reel, and heritage dances, is hereby made and declared to be the state folk dance of the state of Colorado.

Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1072, § 2, effective March 16.
Annotations

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1992 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 158, Session Laws of Colorado 1992.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.