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Karagouna

Καραγκούνα

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Rhythm: 2/4 · Medium
Formation: Open circle, mixed, facing the centre, with the kalamatianos hold (palms joined, elbows bent).
Instruments: Clarinet, Violin, Laouto, Santouri
Occasion: Village festival, Wedding

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

The best-known dance of Thessaly, named after the Karagounides, the farming people of the Thessalian plain around Karditsa, Trikala and Farsala. It is danced in an open circle in three figures, each with its own number of steps, to an even rhythm. The same tune is often danced as the "svarniara", with heavy, dragging steps and a strong bounce in the knees.

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What they wear

Where it’s danced

Thessaly › Karditsa · origin
Thessaly › Trikala · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Karagouna: Dance in Thessaly, variation of Svarniara (Harrow) which turns into Kalamatianos.

Svarniara (Harrow): Dance in Thessaly. See also: Karagouna, Svarna.

Places in the archive

Thessaly
Pyrgos · Phthiotis
Aidonochorion · Karditsa
Pogoni
Metsovon · Metsovo
Trikala
Palamas · Karditsa
Tyrnavos · Larissa
Trikerion · Pelion and Volos
Pilion · Euboea
Syrrakon · Tzoumerka
Sofades · Karditsa

Videos 9

Η Καραγκούνα με τις Καραγκούνισσες Karditsa · [VD0186] /C2
Καραγκούνα Thessaly · [VC00031] /B2
Καραγκούνα Thessaly · [VD0200] /A1
Καραγκούνα Karditsa · [VD0070] /A2
Καραγκούνα Trikala · [VD0192] /A.A04
Καραγκούνα Karditsa · [VC00046] /H2
Καραγκούνα Karditsa · [VD0202] /D2
Σβαρνιάρα Trikala · [VD0192] /A.A03

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Σβαρνιάρα Karditsa · [VD0186] /C7

Recordings 9

Καραγκούνα Thessaly · [AR0550] INTERSOUND SIN 2069 /04
Καραγκούνα Thessaly · [AR0127] LYRA MINERVA 22038, 1976 /05
Καραγκούνα (αργό) Thessaly · [AR0746] CELLIER 011 /03
Καραγκούνα Θεσσαλίας Thessaly · [AR0470] VENUSV-1028 /10
Καραγκούνα με γύρισμα σε πωγωνίσιο Thessaly · [AR0491] ALBATROS VPA 8298 /06
Σβανιάρα (συρτός) Thessaly · [AR0635] EMI REGAL 034-70762 /11
Σβαρνιάρα (καραγκούνικος στα τρία, οργανικό) Thessaly · [AR0589] SDNM 120 /01
Σβαρνιάρα Θεσσαλιώτικη Thessaly · [AR0346] MARGO 8171 /07