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

[Deukalion]

Very nice. I'm curious if there are any dances exclusive to Arvanites?

I am not sure about exclusives but here is one


It is called Tsamikos which means 'Cham'. The name is usually indicative. It is danced by all mainlanders almost. Not on the islands afaik.

[Sakis]

I was reading a book about ancient Greek folklore surving in modern Greece and i remembered some stories that my maternal grandmother has told about fairies that live close to the rivers,have your grandparents told you stories that probably derive from ancient Greek myths?

[Faklon]

I am not sure about exclusives but here is one


It is called Tsamikos which means 'Cham'. The name is usually indicative. It is danced by all mainlanders almost. Not on the islands afaik.

Tsamikos got his name either as a dance from Tsamouria(area) or from the word "tsamis/proud man",not to do much with "ethnic"/later Cham Albanians.

Here are some Arvanite dances.

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[Faklon]

I was reading a book about ancient Greek folklore surving in modern Greece and i remembered some stories that my maternal grandmother has told about fairies that live close to the rivers,have your grandparents told you stories that probably derive from ancient Greek myths?

I remember one about a comb and some lions and one about a Turk that slipped and fell in the well.

Is there anything similar in the book?

[Sakis]

I remember one about a comb and some lions and one about a Turk that slipped and fell in the well.

Is there anything similar in the book?

I haven't read all of it.

[Faklon]

I haven't read all of it.

The second one will certainly be there.

[Sakis]

The second one will certainly be there.

Yeah

[Vias]

I was reading a book about ancient Greek folklore surving in modern Greece and i remembered some stories that my maternal grandmother has told about fairies that live close to the rivers,have your grandparents told you stories that probably derive from ancient Greek myths?

Nyrids and Nymphs. Passing of years made the first part interchangeable - they are sort of related - and the second term almost solely to mean 'wife'. First term still is the Greek translation of 'fairy' (we're using it from a different dialect though, so it's 'νεραϊδα" instead)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph

Eventually after the passing of years, they got stuck with the term Potameides(river-ides).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamides_(mythology)

[Pausanias]

[Pausanias]

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