Monday 1 July 2019

The Leader of the Dance; Εσυ που σερνεις το χορο



You, who are leading the dance, YouTube Video:


Not me, alas! Two left feet!


Chris King doesn't hesitate! Bravo!



George leads the dance in Vitsa



Another folk-song

Pios na serni to horo (Who will lead the dance):

“Three birds sang high up in the sky:
Whoever wants and loves to lead the dance,
He must be a fine fellow, and good-looking,
He must have black eyes, and be tall,
And sinuous and supple like a sprig of basil.”

(Tr. Hilary Pym, Songs of Greece)


Geroplatanos


Vitsa: Elektra was one of the great Zagori experts



18th Century Engraving from Bankes's New System of Geography (1787-1790)

(A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography
Antient and Modern...) 
by the Reverend Thomas Bankes, Vicar of Dixton in Monmouthshire
Edward Warren Blake, Esq. and Alexander Cook, A.M. 

Printed for J. Cooke, No. 17, Paternoster Row, London, 1787-1790


















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