Top 10 Top 10 Traditional Songs and Dances
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1. Haniotis
The haniotis is a dignified line dance for men and women that comes from Chania.
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2. Pidiktos
The pidiktos , a dance from eastern Crete, involves great athletic leaps and bounds.
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3. Pentozalis
The pentozalis’s sprightly rhythms are reminiscent of the jigs and reels of Irish and Scottish folk music.
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4. Sousta
A flirtatious dance for the young, and a favourite at weddings and festivals.
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5. Hasapikos (“Zorba’s Dance”)
The hasapikos or “butcher’s dance” provided inspiration for “Zorba’s Dance” in the film Zorba the Greek .
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6. Siganos
The dignified siganos for groups of men and woman is a dance for any festival.
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7. Mandinades
The traditional rhyming couplets – usually love songs – are typical of Crete’s rich oral tradition, which comes to the fore in local festivals.
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8. Rizitiko
The rizitiko is Crete’s warrior dance, in which male performers act out scenes of combat and heroism.
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9. Syrtos
Performed all over Greece, the syrtos is the best known of the Greek circle dances.
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10. Rembetika
The Greek version of the urban blues, brought to Greece by refugees from Asia Minor in the 1920s, is popular with young Cretans.
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