Ballos (Lefkada)

Rhythm

2/4 · Medium

Formation

Open circle, men and women alternating, a man leading.

Difficulty

Medium

Instruments

Violin, Laouto

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

The ballos of Lefkada differs from the Aegean ballos: it is not a couple dance but is danced in an open circle, men and women alternating, with a man leading. In the first part the dancers hold hands with bent elbows, and in the second they dance unlinked. Towards the end the rhythm turns to 7/8 and the dance becomes a syrtos kalamatianos, which according to Peristeris (1967) is found in no other island's ballos.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Ionian Islands Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Ionian Islands Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Ionian Islands › Lefkada · origin

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