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Folkway - Folk - Traditional Musical Instruments - Laouto

Laouto: Part of Cretan folklore music over the ages.

7 January 2012

The laouto is a long-neck fretted instrument of the lute family, found in Greece and Cyprus, and similar in appearance to the oud. The name comes from the lute. It […]

Folkway - Folk - Traditional - Folklore - Hasapiko - Dance

Hasapiko: A Greek folk dance with roots from Constantinopole.

4 January 2012

The Hasapiko can be danced as a slow dance but also as a fast dance and originated in Constantinople in the middle ages. Though the Hasapiko is still used regionally, […]

Folkway - Folk - Traditional Musical Instruments - Accordion

Accordion: Fill it with air in order to get warm folklore melodies.

3 January 2012

The accordion is a relative newcomer on the music scene, having been invented in the early 1800s in Europe (drawing from the concept of older Chinese instruments) and only taking […]

Folkway - Folk - Traditional - Folklore - Sousta - Dance

Sousta: Danced in Crete, performed in Cyprus with a Balkan way!

2 January 2012

Sousta is the name of a folk dance in Cyprus and Crete which and generally in the Balkans region. The music is generally played with a lyre (lyra) (Cretan & Pontian) (or violin), […]