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Syrtos

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Syrtos (Συρτός, also sirtos; plural syrtoi; sometimes called in English using the Greek accusative forms syrto and sirto; from the σύρω, syro, "drag "), is the collective name of a group of Greek folk dances. [1]

58 relations: Accusative case, An Dro, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Andros, Anogeia, Antikristos, Arcadia, Basic (dance move), Bulgaria, Caligula, Central Greece, Cephalonia, Chania, Circle dance, Constantinople, Crete, Cyprus, Dabke, Diaspora, Epirus, Giresun, Greece, Greek dances, Handkerchief, Hora (dance), Horon (dance), Ikariotikos, Istanbul, Kalamatianos, Khigga, Kissamos, Kochari, Line dance, List of islands of Greece, Macedonia (Greece), Music of Crete, Music of Greece, Naxos, Omal, Palaiopyrgos, Pentozali, Pervolia, Pidikhtos, Pirin, Pomaks, Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, Rethymno, Seine fishing, Selino, ..., Sirtaki, Skopelos, Skyros, Sousta, Tamzara, Thessaly, Tsamiko, Zakynthos. Expand index (8 more) »

Accusative case

The accusative case (abbreviated) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb.

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An Dro

An dro or en dro (Breton: "The Turn") is a Breton folk dance in.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Modern Greek: Ανατολία Anatolía, from Ἀνατολή Anatolḗ,; "east" or "rise"), also known as Asia Minor (Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία Mikrá Asía, "small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Andros

Andros (Άνδρος) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos.

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Anogeia

Anogeia (Ανώγεια) is a municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Antikristos

Antikristos or Antikrystós (αντικρυστός χορός) is a dance of Greek origin.

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Arcadia

Arcadia (Αρκαδία, Arkadía) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Basic (dance move)

The basic step, basic movement, basic pattern, or simply basic is the dance move that defines the character of a particular dance.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Caligula

Caligula (Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41 AD) was Roman emperor from AD 37 to AD 41.

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Central Greece

Continental Greece (Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly Χέρσος Ἑλλάς, Chérsos Ellás), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece.

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Cephalonia

Cephalonia or Kefalonia (Κεφαλονιά or Κεφαλλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th larger island in Greece after Crete, Evoia, Lesvos, Rhodes and Chios.

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Chania

Chania (Χανιά,, Venetian: Canea, Ottoman Turkish: Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania regional unit.

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Circle dance

Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of dance done in a circle or semicircle to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Dabke

Dabke (دبكة; also transliterated Dabka, Dabki, Dubki, Dabkeh; plural Dabkaat) is an Arab folk dance native to the Levant.

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Diaspora

A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

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Epirus

Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania.

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Giresun

Giresun, formerly Cerasus (Κερασοῦς), is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon.

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Greece

No description.

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Greek dances

Greek dance (horos) is a very old tradition, being referred to by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.

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Handkerchief

A handkerchief (also called a hankie or, historically, a handkercher) is a form of a kerchief or bandanna, typically a hemmed square of thin fabric or paper which can be carried in the pocket or handbag, and which is intended for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or face, or blowing one's nose.

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Hora (dance)

Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance originating in the Balkans but also found in other countries.

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Horon (dance)

Horon (Greek) or khoron (horon), which is related to Modern Greek χορός (chorós), refers to a group of a circle folk dances from the Black Sea region of Turkey.

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Ikariotikos

Ikariotikos (Ικαριώτικος) or Kariotikos (Καριώτικος, sometimes written with an apostrophe as 'Καριώτικος) is a traditional dance and accompanying song originating in Ikaria a Greek island in the North Eastern Aegean Sea.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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Kalamatianos

The Kalamatianós (Καλαματιανός) is one of the best known dances of Greece.

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Khigga

Khigga is a style of Assyrian folk dance in which multiple dancers hold each other's hands and form a circle.

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Kissamos

Kissamos (Κίσσαμος) is a town and municipality, multiple (former) bishopric and Latin titular see in the west of the island of Crete, Greece.

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Kochari

Kochari (is an Armenian folk dance. Kochari is a type of dance, not a specific dance. Each region in the Armenian Highlands had its own Kochari, with its unique way of both dancing and music. One type of Yalli, Khigga, Dilan (Halay), a dance common to Azerbaijanis, Assyrians, and Kurds has different forms known as Kochari.

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Line dance

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows, all facing either each other or in the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time.

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List of islands of Greece

Greece has a large number of islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account.

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Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία, Makedonía) is a geographic and historical region of Greece in the southern Balkans.

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Music of Crete

The music of Crete (Κρητική μουσική), also called kritika (κρητικά.), refers to traditional forms of Greek folk music prevalent on the island of Crete in Greece.

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Music of Greece

The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.

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Naxos

Naxos (Greek: Νάξος) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades.

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Omal

The Omal (also called Duz Horon or Flat Horon) was one of the first Pontic Greek dances to be developed from the region of Pontos.

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Palaiopyrgos

Palaiopyrgos (Παλαιόπυργος, "Old Tower", before 1957: Μποντιά - Bontia or Bodia) is a village in the municipal unit Levidi, Arcadia in Greece.

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Pentozali

The Pentozali or Pentozalis (Πεντοζάλης) is the trademark folk dance of the island of Crete.

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Pervolia

Pervolia (Περβόλια; Bahçalar), also spelled Perivolia (Περιβόλια), is a village located in the Larnaca District of Cyprus.

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Pidikhtos

Pidikhtos (πηδηχτός), is a Greek folk dance with Cretan origin, dancing in a circle formation.

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Pirin

The Pirin Mountains (Пирин) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren at an altitude of 2,914 m being the highest peak.

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Pomaks

Pomaks (Помаци/Pomatsi, Πομάκοι/Pomákoi, Pomaklar) is a term used for Slavic Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northeastern Greece and northwestern Turkey, mainly referring to the ca.

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Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell

James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, (9 November 1858 – 26 July 1941), known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician.

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Rethymno

Rethymno (Ρέθυμνο,, also Rethimno, Rethymnon, Réthymnon, and Rhíthymnos) is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Rethymno regional unit on the island of Crete, a former Latin Catholic bishopric as Retimo(–Ario) and former Latin titular see.

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Seine fishing

Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing) is a method of fishing that employs a fishing net called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats.

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Selino

Selino is a historical region and a former province of Crete.

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Sirtaki

Sirtaki or syrtaki (συρτάκι) is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek.

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Skopelos

Skopelos (Σκόπελος) is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea.

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Skyros

Skyros (Greek: Σκύρος) is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea.

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Sousta

Sousta (σούστα) is the name of a folk dance in Cyprus and Crete which is danced in Greece and generally in the Balkans.

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Tamzara

Tamzara (Թամզարա; Aramaic: ܬܐܢܙܐܪܐTənzərə; Τάμσαρα or Τάμζαρα; Tamzara) is an Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani (regions of Sharur and Nakhchivan), and Greek folk dance native to Anatolia.

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Thessaly

Thessaly (Θεσσαλία, Thessalía; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.

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Tsamiko

The Tsamikos (Τσάμικος, Tsamikos) or Kleftikos (Κλέφτικος) is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, done to music of 3/4 meter.

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Zakynthos

Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos, Zacìnto) or Zante (Τζάντε, Tzánte, Zante; from Venetian), is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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Sirto, Sirtos, Sirtos Macedonias, Sirtós, Syrtó.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrtos

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