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Postby Gabira » Fri May 16, 2008 3:40 pm

Enjoy :lol:

I would be interested to see if GC's can understand a TC's dialect of the GC language :wink:

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Postby annaka » Fri May 16, 2008 11:00 pm

Sounds like Chatista where the singer makes up the words of his story as it unfolds. My mother-in-law's family came from Louroudjina and their family name was Mbichakas (Big Knives). The Chatista is still done in some places, but I think it is slowly dying out and only performed at special concerts like Larnaca Seafront for instance and possibly other shows and exhibitions.
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Postby Gabira » Sun May 18, 2008 2:22 am

The real thing is still lived out in the tavernas in Louroujina to this day ;)
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Postby humanist » Sun May 18, 2008 4:16 am

Thanks Gabira I always enjoy a good chatista
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Postby Oracle » Tue May 27, 2008 10:38 pm

What's this style of singing called?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N8trFyXrylg

Anna Vissi does it really well too!
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Postby kurupetos » Tue May 27, 2008 10:59 pm

Gabira wrote:The real thing is still lived out in the tavernas in Louroujina to this day ;)


Ate lamne na ppesis! 8) :lol:
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Postby Bananiot » Tue May 27, 2008 11:16 pm

Interesting! The issue is not what type of songs they sing but the fact that old folk in this village carry on a tradition that is dying in the Greek Cypriot villages.
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Postby Oracle » Tue May 27, 2008 11:23 pm

Oracle wrote:What's this style of singing called?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N8trFyXrylg

Anna Vissi does it really well too!


Yeah but I resurrected the thread tonight because I wanted to know what this other style of singing is called ....
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Postby Xybadog » Tue May 27, 2008 11:26 pm

Why's he behind bars? Is it to stop people throwing things at him because he can't sing?
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Postby kurupetos » Wed May 28, 2008 12:46 am

Xybadog wrote:Why's he behind bars? Is it to stop people throwing things at him because he can't sing?


Don't be rude. :evil: He is a great singer! :D
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