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by **Natty** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:18 am

by **karma** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:08 am

Thanks Natty, I love rembetika very much....

by **Natty** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:46 pm

Your welcome Karma...

I hope you enjoyed watching the documentary as much as I did, Rembetika music has such a rich history, I love it...

by **free_cyprus** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:51 pm

does it originate from cyprus

by **Natty** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:09 pm

Rembetika music originates from the refugees that came over from Asia Minor especially Smyrna/Izmir,. They brought over their own style of music and slowly it developed into the Rembetika music we have today due to other musical influences I believe...

I recommend watching the documentary Free-Cyprus, it tells you all about the origins of Rembetika music....

by **free_cyprus** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:19 pm

i see so where did they settle these refugees then in cyprus or greece

by **karma** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:35 pm

free_cyprus wrote:i see so where did they settle these refugees then in cyprus or greece

They settled on the Aegean islands first and then they had to refuge over all the world coz they had been treated badly by the mainland Greeks as if they were Turks

and they were named ''Tourkosporoi''
Rembetika is like Reggae for Asia Minor victims...the only gun they had those years

by **free_cyprus** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:09 pm

not only the mainland greece treated them badly so did the western powers who looked upon the city while they distroyed it burned it down........................ there were protecting their interest in the oil so they never done anything

by **Natty** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:43 am

free_cyprus wrote:not only the mainland greece treated them badly so did the western powers who looked upon the city while they distroyed it burned it down........................ there were protecting their interest in the oil so they never done anything

Isn't that how it always is unfortunately?

It's a very sad story, being refugees and then not really being fully accepted into the society you sought refuge in...but it's not only sad for the ethnic Greeks who had to leave their homes, but for the ethnic Turks who had to leave their homes as well...

I could be wrong but I believe that some Asia Minor refugees also settled in Cyprus, my cousins grandmother's family come from Asia minor...

by **Natty** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:09 am

I found some great 'authentic' type rembetika clips, this is just one of them, but there are loads more, I'd check them out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VaQz2q0 ... ed&search=

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