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[Oracle]

Traditional Greek Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8q7ioArYm0

Traditional Bulgarian Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xWgryw9FI8

Traditional Albanian Dance (skip to half way through the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRx81InxgdM

All the above are slight variations of traditional Slavic row dances!


Now compare the above with traditional Cypriot…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KqRxJ9rqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSvKXhOtTE

There is no comparison whatsoever!

I wonder why the Greek nationalists totally ignored this lovely post and opted for a personal attack on the only indigenous Cypriot on the forum...

Sorry GR! ... they all look like variations of the Ancient Greek Choral dances ...

It's a Slavic style dear... you just need more time to get used to it.

If these are slavic dances then why do Poles and Russians not have them? Because they are BALKAN dances that, as Oracle said, originate from ancient Greece and Byzantium

They’ve got nothing to do with ancient Greece! In fact, it’s not even Middle Ages music!

Here are some more of your people doing the “Greek” dance…

Romanian Traditional Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiGON4SX4oQ

Serbian traditional dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r47uTyCi ... BF&index=1

It's all the same shit over and over!

All that you are proving is that everyone within a thousand miles (or more ) of Greece has copied their traditional dance.

The first YOUTUBE even looks like British Morris Dancing

That the Greeks were dancing whilst everyone else was living in caves and grunting for their supper, is a well know fact ...

Here are some Ancient Greek references to DANCE!

I tossed my head in dancing to and fro ... Euripides

Thou didst boast thy dances to be the best in the world. And lo, thy words are fulfilled... Odyssey

Fleet limbs dart arrow-like. ... Euripides

Whoever would have his body supple and healthful should learn to dance .... Socrates (Xenophon)

[denizaksulu]

Traditional Greek Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8q7ioArYm0

Traditional Bulgarian Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xWgryw9FI8

Traditional Albanian Dance (skip to half way through the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRx81InxgdM

All the above are slight variations of traditional Slavic row dances!


Now compare the above with traditional Cypriot…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KqRxJ9rqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSvKXhOtTE

There is no comparison whatsoever!

I wonder why the Greek nationalists totally ignored this lovely post and opted for a personal attack on the only indigenous Cypriot on the forum...

Sorry GR! ... they all look like variations of the Ancient Greek Choral dances ...

It's a Slavic style dear... you just need more time to get used to it.

If these are slavic dances then why do Poles and Russians not have them? Because they are BALKAN dances that, as Oracle said, originate from ancient Greece and Byzantium

Here's a modern day interpretation of a Choral Dance (First Stasimon - "Ode to Man") from Sophocles' Antigone... where you can see the beginnings of the style of dancing which influenced ALL the regions around Greece ....

Very interesting. Looks like Greek Amphorae coming to life.

[Oracle]

Traditional Greek Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8q7ioArYm0

Traditional Bulgarian Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xWgryw9FI8

Traditional Albanian Dance (skip to half way through the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRx81InxgdM

All the above are slight variations of traditional Slavic row dances!


Now compare the above with traditional Cypriot…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KqRxJ9rqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSvKXhOtTE

There is no comparison whatsoever!

I wonder why the Greek nationalists totally ignored this lovely post and opted for a personal attack on the only indigenous Cypriot on the forum...

Sorry GR! ... they all look like variations of the Ancient Greek Choral dances ...

It's a Slavic style dear... you just need more time to get used to it.

If these are slavic dances then why do Poles and Russians not have them? Because they are BALKAN dances that, as Oracle said, originate from ancient Greece and Byzantium

Here's a modern day interpretation of a Choral Dance (First Stasimon - "Ode to Man") from Sophocles' Antigone... where you can see the beginnings of the style of dancing which influenced ALL the regions around Greece ....

Very interesting. Looks like Greek Amphorae coming to life.

Exactly ... they have to use as many sources as possible to re-enact these events. The artwork was invaluable ....

[yialousa1971]

Traditional Greek Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8q7ioArYm0

Traditional Bulgarian Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xWgryw9FI8

Traditional Albanian Dance (skip to half way through the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRx81InxgdM

All the above are slight variations of traditional Slavic row dances!


Now compare the above with traditional Cypriot…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KqRxJ9rqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSvKXhOtTE

There is no comparison whatsoever!

I wonder why the Greek nationalists totally ignored this lovely post and opted for a personal attack on the only indigenous Cypriot on the forum...

You ignored these thou dipstick, why?







Same as the Greek dance from Thrace.


Macedonian Syrto


Now Christos Sikkis now shows you the finger.

[Get Real!]

The “Sousta” is an imported Balkan dance you wombat!

[JimB]

The “Sousta” is an imported Balkan dance you wombat!

Oh bugger Unkie GR mou,

Just got back in and saw this thread with your name alongside it. Only clicked on it as I thought you'd actually gone through with it and you'd started your paedophile thread.

Can imagine my surprise (approaching awe even) at your in depth knowledge of dancing and prancing! Who'd a thought it?

Had a couple of beers so not going to labour the point old bean but here's the answer to the question:-

One has a dick and the other is one .....

Sort it out amongst yourself ladies ....

nighty night

[yialousa1971]

The “Sousta” is an imported Balkan dance you wombat!

http://www.kypros.org/Cyprus/dance.html
QUICK REFERENCE TO TYPES OF CYPRIOT DANCES

Syrtos: This folk dance, performed by men and women in couples in a circle, is very popular in social gatherings, weddings and religious festivals. It symbolizes the harmony between male and female roles in the Cypriot society.

Men's Dances ("Kartzilamas"): Men dance in pairs across from each other. These very lively dances demonstrate the virility and agility of the Cypriot men.

Women's Dances ("Kartzilamas"): Women dance in pairs to demonstrate their humility and grace. The movements of the dances show the Cypriot woman's needle work abilities.

Datsia: A dance performed in social gatherings and weddings. It demonstrates the agility of the dancer - a man - as well as his skill to balance glasses filled with wine centrifugally turned in a circular sieve.
Sickle Dance: A dance also performed in social gatherings and weddings by a man. He uses the sickle, which is very sharp, to show off his swiftness in harvesting.

Antikristos: Men and women gracefully dance together in couples in rows across from each other to express the joy of life and love.

Sousta: A very lively dance performed by both men and women in a circle to portray the spirit of community. During certain parts of the dance men dance alone and women dance alone, each demonstrating the virtues of their sex appreciated and respected in the Cypriot society - Women show grace and men show strength.

Apart from the aforementioned similarities and dissimilarities in the steps and the close identity between the two dancers of the Cypriot "syrtos" and the two leading dancers of the Aegean island "syrtos", the former is a more individualistic dance while the latter is chiefly a group and circle dance.

The "zeipekkikos" usually follows the "kartchilamadhes" and the "syrtos", being danced by just one of the pair while the other looks on, occasionally clapping his hands. It differs from the "zeibekkikos" seen in Greece, which was originally danced virtually on one spot.

In the "mashairin" ('knife') the dancer, holding a clasp-knife or bowie, moves rhythmically about his partner before plunging the knife into the ground and dancing over and around it. Supported by his partner, he bends over backwards, grips the knife in hi teeth, rises to his feet, and dances. Finally. he adroitly brandishes the knife close to his partner's face and all about his head and body. In some villages, mainly those of Mesaoria, the dancer 'knifes' his erstwhile supporter, who falls prostrate. The dancer mimes the flaying and disembowelling of the 'carcase' and then dances with it slung over his back. In both its melody and this more elaborate dance form, the "mashairin" closely resembles the "chasapis" or butcher's dance from Ayiasso in Lesvos (Mytilene).