tseligas Wrote:Very interesting Niaven! I never thought that you can have all these dances in one spot. I have been also a dance instructor for the past 8 years And the only place where you have all these together is in a performance!!!
Do people actually know how to dance all these ? In Peloponnesus the last years everything is kalamatoano tsamiko. Syrto has also been kalamatianized!
Tseligas- To really understand the variety of dances of Western Macedonia- you
have to be familiar with its history.
I personally can dance seven of those dances.
Here is one dance which I did not include in the list. Every boy and girl learns to dance this at an early age. It is a favourite.
Μακεδονία ξακουστή
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwTrHvZ3zVM
At the same panayiri - you will see this pustseno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7aMp-wiCeM
Again - at the same function - Berance or Berati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ7ALE7H_Ko
Of course - kalamatiano - Macedonian style - heavy on the trumpet
Ο χορός των κουμπάρων.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmXtli6VPcI
Μήλο μου κόκκινο - notice the ages of the dancers - remember it is a panayiri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFR4LPEk0Zo
