The Gorka round dance festival is one of the oldest Russian rites of the spring-summer cycle, preserved by the Bespopovtsy (Pomortsy) Old Believers living in the Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic. The ritual action includes seven obligatory figures, each of which corresponds to certain songs, called "gorochnye". In the past, the symbolism of round dances was associated with the renewal of life: the transition of teenagers to the youth circle was ritualized, potential marriage couples were identified in the dramatization of songs, and those who were already determined were approved. A modern holiday is a tribute to the memory of our ancestors. An innovation is the holding of a children's "slide" and the inclusion of children in a single round dance. Keywords: "gorka", rite, round dance, costume, tradition, Old Believers. Introduction Gorka is one of the original ceremonial holidays of the national agricultural calendar, preserved in the villages of the Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic. Along with the Northern Russian round dance complexes (Pinezhsky "metische", Mezen "petrovschiny", etc.), it is one of the brightest phenomena of Russian folk culture [Kaneva, 2002, p.46]. Ethnographic study of the holiday and the traditional culture of the Lower Pechora Old Believers in general began relatively late - in the early 1980s, although the discovery of two richest Old Russian traditions-epic and book - dating back to the largest Bespopovsky center - Pomor accord-showed the indisputable cultural significance of the Ust-Tsilemsky area during the first half of the XX century. Brief information about the" gorka " written down by N. P. Kolpakova in 1929 was published only in 1975 [1975, pp. 168-170], and the first scientific article about the holiday was published in 1984 [Neklyudova, 1984]. T. Neklyudova provided an interpretation of the deep origins of the national worldview, reflected, in particular, in the elements of "hill" shapes. A detailed descriptio ... Read more