Pipilomatena (Patoula)

Rhythm

Fast

Formation

Circle, mixed, hands on shoulders (T hold), men and women alternating.

Instruments

Pontic lyra, Daouli (drum)

Occasion

Wedding, Gathering

Character

• Energetic
• Joyful

Who dances it: Everyone

A fast mixed dance with lots of knee movement, from Argyroupoli (Gümüşhane) but danced across Pontus. In the east it was called pipilomatena after the song about the girl with small eyes; in the west patoula, a plump, fair-skinned girl, the ideal of beauty at the time. A variant from Galiana is the 'kori kopela'.

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Its story

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Pontus Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Pontus Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Pontus · origin
• Central Greece & Attica · brought by refugees
• Macedonia › Thessaloniki · brought by refugees
• Macedonia › Imathia · brought by refugees

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Pipilomatena or Pipilomataina: Dance in Pontos with the homonym song. Also called: Patoula.

Patoula: Other name of the dance from Pontos Pipilomatena.

Places in the archive

• Pontus
• Matsouka · Pontus
• Trapezounta · Pontus
• Asia Minor

Recordings 8

• Πατουλα Pontus · [AR1439(e)] /10
• Πατούλα ή Πιπιλομάταινα Pontus · [AR1439(d)] /07
• Πιπιλομάταινα Pontus · [DS1018] DORA STRATOU DS 118 /11
• Πιπιλομάταινα Pontus · [DS1055] DS 155 CD /14
• Πιπιλομάταινα Pontus · [AR1439(d)] /18
• Πιπιλομάταινα (χορός) Pontus · [AR505] /11
• Πιπιλομάτενα Pontus · [AR0613] MINOS MSM 567 /12
• Πιπιλομμάταινα ή Πατούλα Pontus · [AR1439] /16

Photos 1

• Χορός Πατούλας Pontus · [Icon_F V04] /6787

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