Dance Style: Local dance
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Thessaly Magnesia, Trikeri Sea and Sailors Song, Lampoon
Kaklamaniko
The dance is danced by Kaklamans, a pumpkin serves as drum1.
In Trikeri’s old neighbourhood the Kaklamans were dancing.
The...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Kalomoiris and the Saracen (The Song of Armouris)
Kalomoiris' youngest boy was born at night,
in the night before the cock crowed.
On the very same night that he was born, h...
Cappadocia / Konya Karvali Couplets Easter Song, Love Song | Ritual Song
Leilalim (Lilac-sweet) (Easter Dance)
Λέιλαλιμ
Oh, I’m standing on the castle height,
lilac-sweet, my love, my love, lilac-sweet, lilac-sweet.
I am all of twelve years ol...
Cappadocia / Konya Potamia Couplets Wedding Song, For the Bride
Let Our Friends Rejoice
Τώρα λάμψαν τα σπίτια μας
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Acritic Song
Mavrianos' Threshing Floor (The Wager of Giannis and the Sun)
Στου Μαυριανού τ' αλώνι
At Mavrianos' marble threshing floor
a king and a youth are contesting throwing heavy stones,
no one can throw them like Gi...
Epirus Fable Song (Ballad)
My Son, Why Dont You Go and Wash? (Necrolatric Dance of Easter)
Γιε μου γιατί δε λούζεσαι
– My son, why don’t you go and wash, why don’t you change your clothing?
Today, my child, is Easter Day, you’ll go and take ...
Macedonia Historical Song
Nine Villages They Razed
Nine villages of ours they razed
amán amán, and fifteen castles.
Amán, come see the body you torture.
And they took Náouss...
Macedonia Kozani Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Old Grandfather Rangavelas (Explicit)
Ου παππούς ου Ραγκαβέλας
Old grandfather1 bre, bre, bre, old grandfather Rangavélas,
old grandfather Rangavélas had an ass that limped along;
dummy ...
Cappadocia / Konya Sinasos Love Song
On my way to the mountains of Prussa
Πάγω στης Προύσας τα βουνά
On my way - oh aman, gel aman -
On my way to the mountains of Prussa,1
I found a cool brook bubbling.
I bent down to take ...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Fable Song (Ballad), Sea and Sailors Song
Shes a Girl From Amorgos
She’s a girl from Amorgos, ribbon, o my ribbon!
she wants to go out to sea, braided, ribbon mine!
But how? She cannot go to...
Sporades Skiathos Easter Song, Ritual Song | Fable Song (Ballad)
Song of Saint George (Easter Dance)
Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη
O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse,
accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance,
it is...