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Piperi (Pepper)
Πιπέρι
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Comical, imitative dance in which the dancers rub the floor with various parts of their bodies successively under the commands of a leader who sings first each lyric of the song. It’s the only Pan-Hellenic dance. Other name: The devil’s monks. See also: carnival, bad, beans, comical dance.
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Where it’s danced
- Epirus › Ioannina basin (Dodoni, Zitsa) · also danced here
- Dodecanese › Rhodes · also danced here
- Dodecanese › Karpathos and Kasos · also danced here
- Crete › Lasithi · also danced here
- North Aegean › Chios · also danced here
- Cyprus · also danced here
- Eastern Thrace · also danced here
- Macedonia › Kastoria · also danced here
- Central Greece & Attica › Euboea · also danced here
- Asia Minor · also danced here
- Macedonia › Chalkidiki · also danced here
- Macedonia › Thessaloniki · also danced here
- Thrace › Evros · brought by refugees
- Thessaly · also danced here
- Epirus › Tzoumerka · also danced here
- Peloponnese › Arcadia · also danced here
In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive
The Greek Dance Pandect records this dance. Each item opens on its own website.
Places in the archive
- Ioannina · Ioannina basin (Dodoni, Zitsa)
- Rodos · Rhodes
- Karpathos · Karpathos and Kasos
- Siteia · Lasithi
- Chios
- Kypros · Cyprus
- Epivates · Eastern Thrace
- Eptachori · Kastoria
- Lichas · Euboea
- Vourla · Asia Minor
- Valti · Chalkidiki
- Thessaloniki
- Euboea
- Kyani · Evros
- Crete
- Afantou · Rhodes
- Anchialos · Thrace
- Thessaly
- Syrrakon · Tzoumerka
- Milia · Arcadia
- Megisti - Kastelorizo · Dodecanese
Photos 2
- Μετά το Πάσχα Patmos · [Icon_F V04] /6469
- Χορός Πιπέρι, Κάρπαθος. Άνδρες με μάσκες Karpathos · [Icon_F V04] /6180