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Creta Dance by saroula |
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Dance!Cretan dancing is known for its vitality. A famous Cretan dance is the Pentozali. The Pentozali, danced throughout Crete, was done by armed warriors during ancient times. The rhythm is provided by a Cretan lyre and the dancers, holding hands, start dancing slowly in a circle. As the music quickens, so do the steps and the dance reaches a frenzy speed, ending suddenly when the lyre does.
Another well-known dance is the Syrtos. The Syrtos is lead by a dancer who skilfully and energetically leads the group. The leader provides the initiative for the dance and will do a variety of complicated steps, while being supported by the line of backup dancers, doing more mild steps.
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Posted by: Grietje
Here in Belgium we also dance the \'Pentozali\' at almost every wedding. It\'s very amusing to see everybody dancing and speeding up there dance... we name it the \'Zorba\'.
When the \'Zorba\' ends, the cirkel stays and then we start dancing at other music (la bamba, ...) and pick somebody out of the cirkel to give him or her 3 kisses... |
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