No video yet.
Bournovalios syrtos
Μπουρνοβαλιός συρτός
This entry hasn’t been checked by an expert yet.
- Rhythm
- 4/4 · Medium
- Formation
- Open circle, mixed, hands joined.
- Instruments
- Violin, Santouri, Oud, Kanonaki (zither)
Character
Who dances it: Everyone
A syrtos from Bornova (Bournovas), a suburb of Smyrna. It is danced to the song 'Ti tha gino ego me sena', in which a girl accuses her sweetheart Panagiotis of toying with her and warns that her mother will send him away. The tune was recorded on 78 rpm discs in Athens in the 1930s.
This text hasn’t been written yet.
Its story
This text hasn’t been written yet.
What they wear
Where it’s danced
- Asia Minor · origin
- Central Greece & Attica › Attica · brought by refugees
- Macedonia › Thessaloniki · brought by refugees