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    Default Traditions of Greece: Folk dances, music and stories....

    Every little village has its history and every mountain spring a song or a story.... Our dances are as many as our origins...here is a place to share them

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    I start with my favorite Cretan dance...Pentozali ...




    And my favorite Pentozali song:


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    Cyprus :

    Songs....


    Η βράκα



    dances:

    H στάμνα-the jar (I love to dance this one - the jar is breaking on purpose)


    αντρικοί αντικριστοί - male opposing pairs (not a very good version but ok)


    3 songs and dances on the row: Τηλλυρκώτισσα,Ψιντρή βασιλιτζιά μου,Η βράκα

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    Well my paternal ancestry from Thessaly and Pelaponnese.Unfortunately, never been to Greece before so i'm very curious about Greek folk&tradition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Governor View Post
    Well my paternal ancestry from Thessaly and Pelaponnese.Unfortunately, never been to Greece before so i'm very curious about Greek folk&tradition.
    Then allow me to post for you some songs and dances from your ancestral places ...Do you know from which area of Peloponese your family originates ?

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    Thessaly :

    dances :
    1. The dance is called Tsamikos, is the most known of Thessaly and one of the most loved in Greece , song-Ένας αητός καθότανε -An eagle was sitting


    2. Karagkouna (one of the most favorite of Thessalian people)


    3. Μπαίνω μεσ' αμπέλι - Ι ender the vineyard

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    Achaea/Argolis, paternal granpa and paternal grandma is Thessaly.I'll be so happy if you post some dance videos here

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    I prefer the island folk music.

    Ikariotikos





    Mpalos


    Sirtos

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    Quote Originally Posted by PassionforPerfection View Post
    I prefer the island folk music.
    Sirtos
    Mpalos is infamous but this one....its amazing and i didnt even know it before ...


    It took me some time to get that they are dancing in quartets

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    All this song sound Albanian lol.

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