Dance Style: Local dance
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Macedonia Kavala, Nikisiani Love Song
A Blue Dove
Μια γαλάζια περιστέρα
A blue dove,
oh, a blue dove flew by.
Flying from mountain to mountain
she was searching for her mate.
My love so far awa...
Central Greece Viotia, Arachova Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
A Festival Is Being Held
Πανηγυράκι γίνεται - Local Dance of Saint George
A festival is being held, high up around Saint George’s.
– Salutations, Frankish lord!
A multitude was at the feast and the...
Sporades Skiathos Fable Song (Ballad)
A Little Shorty (Skiathos)
Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος)
A short little man had a beautiful wife.
The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land
and a pasha, a pasha envied ...
Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic Song
A Widow Bore a Child (The Song of Porfyris)
Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησε
Central Greece Euboea, Gymno Easter Song, Sea and Sailors Song | Ritual Song
All Attend at Church (Easter Dance)
Όλοι πάνε στην εκκλησά
All attend –for sake of Christ– all attend at church
to exclaim that ‘Christ is Risen!’ and to hear the Word.
As for me, th...
Ionian islands Kythira, Livadi Couplets Love Song
An Orange Joined the Dance
The beautiful orange
joined the dance once more,
and its one side smelt just as sweet as the other.
The beautiful cypress ...
Sporades Skiathos Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
Arta’s Bridge
Της Άρτας το γεφύρι
Down on the shore where land meets sea,
where the world ends,
they set to building a bridge,
but the bridge would not stan...
Sporades Skiathos Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
Arta’s Βridge
A team of forty stonemasons and sixty prentice workers
were putting up a bridge across the river close by Arta.
The whole d...
Epirus Klephtic Song
At Tserítsiana’s Well
At the well of Tserítsiana,
in the heart of the land, hail fine fellows,
there were Bulubasiades watching.
There were Bulu...
