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Anna Sarri-Karambessini
Biographical Note

Folk music singer of the Dodecanese. She was born in 1923 in the village of Antimacheia in Kosand died in 2018. In 1949, she met and married Charalambos Karambessinis. In the early 1950s, she met Simon Karas, studied with him and took part in the events of his ”Association for the Dissemination of National Music”.
Together with her sister Efi (Eftychia) Sarri, they recorded 23 discs (33 rpm) with Dodecanesian songs and participated in many radio and television programs.

Anna Sarri-Karambessini, Simon Karas and Domna Samiou
1960s. Third from the left, Anna Sarri-Karambessini, Simon Karas and Domna Samiou (holding kanun)
© Domna Samiou ArchiveSongs

Dodecanese Kos, Antimacheia Carnival Song
Lingeri
Λιγγέρι
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
Frappe avec ta bague, ma brunette, sur le ‘linguéraki’1
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Albums

Ethnologie Vivante: Grèce
Singer
LP