Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

Studio recording, 1984.

Domna Samiou collected the song in Neos Marmaras, Chalkidiki, sung by a group, in 1983.

Neos Marmaras, 1983

Domna Samiou with children making a mockup of the sandala-boat

© Domna Samiou Archive

Domna Samiou collected the song in Neos Marmaras, Chalkidiki, sung by a group, in 1983.
There, Antonis Marmarinos (born in 1912) and Nikolaos S. Lampadaridis (born in 1912), refugees from Maramara, spoke about the sandala-boat, the characteristic fishing boat of Marmara region, about the songs of "the sandala" and gave their own interpretation for the title of the song "Selim".

The exclamation 'íssa, hó!'

We find this exclamation 'íssa, hó' in another song recorded by Domna Samiou in Nea Palatia, Oropos in 1977, where refugees from the Marmara islands also settled.