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Rhythm: 2/4 · Slow
Formation: Circle, mixed; the hold varies by area: on the shoulders, palms joined at shoulder height, or crossed.
Difficulty: Easy
Instruments: Cretan lyra, Laouto, Mandolin
Occasion: Wedding, Feast day

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

A slow, restrained ("quiet") dance of central and eastern Crete, with local variants in hold and steps (for example 8 steps in Rethymno, 6 in Heraklion). It used to be mainly a women's dance and the bride's dance; today it often opens the pentozali. Tradition says musicians played it under Ottoman rule so that women would not slip on floors that Ottoman officials had smeared with oil.

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