Divaratikos

Rhythm

3/4 · Medium

Formation

Open circle, mixed, hands joined with elbows bent (W hold).

Instruments

Violin, Guitar

Occasion

Village festival

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

A syrtos from the village of Divarata in Kefalonia, smooth and gentle in style. Its peculiarity is that, while the syrtos is usually in 2/4, the divaratikos is danced in 3/4. The folklorist Loukatos (1962) notes that the 'Gyrouzato' (or 'Palaio') is the same dance. Outside the island it is also known as 'syrtos Kefallinias'.

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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 › Kefalonia · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

The Greek Dance Pandect records this dance. Each item opens on its own website.

Divaratikos: Dance in Cephalonia from the village Divarata. See also: Gyrouzato.

Gyrouzato: Dance in Cephalonia. See: Divaratiko.

Places in the archive

• Kefalonia
• Divarata · Kefalonia

Videos 3

• Διβαράτικος Kefalonia · [VC00044] /I1
• Διβαράτικος Divarata · [VC00042] /L2
• Κάτω στο γιαλό Kefalonia · [RD00010] /A1

Recordings 2

• Διβαράτικο συρτό (οργανικό) Kefalonia · [DS1149] SDNM 115 - Σύλ. προς διάδ. εθν. μουσικής /14
• Διβαρίτικο συρτό Kefalonia · [AR0172] SDNM 115 /14

More videos (1)