Sfarlis

Rhythm

Medium

Formation

Line or half-circle, hands joined, facing the centre.

Instruments

Gaida (bagpipe), Violin, Daouli (drum)

Occasion

Village festival, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

A dance from Bania near Anchialos in Northern Thrace, brought to Greece by refugees in the early 20th century and still danced in the villages where they settled. It is also known as apopidichtos ('jumping'), after its leaping steps, and is considered fairly easy.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Eastern Thrace Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Eastern Thrace Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Eastern Thrace · origin
• Thrace · brought by refugees
• Macedonia · brought by refugees

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Sfarlis or Sfarli: Dance in Northern Thrace.

Places in the archive

• Thrace
• Katerini · Pieria
• Bana · Thrace
• Kitros · Pieria
• Macedonia

Videos 2

• Σφαρλής Thrace · [VD0022] /K2
• Σφαρλής Thrace, Kitros · [VC00042] /I3

Recordings 3

• Γαλαζοφορεμένη Chrysochorafa · [DS1354] CD IOFA 12 /11
• Σφαρλής [MC00037] P.M.cd2 /A07
• Σφαρλής (οργανικό) Thrace · [DS1083] LCGW 110 STEREO /11

Texts 1

• Η χορευτική παράδοση της Θράκης (γενική αναφορά) Thrace, Eastern Thrace · /P039-06

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