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Δυτική Θράκη - Ταπεινός · bioinfoman · Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)

Tapeinos

Ταπεινός

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Rhythm
Slow
Formation
Open circle of women, hands joined.
Occasion
Wedding, Feast day

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

The 'humble' dance of many Thracian villages, a women's dance with simple, slow, low steps. It is the first dance after the wedding ceremony and is led by the bride. A variant, the Easter (paschaliatikos) tapeinos, is danced over the Easter days.

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Where it’s danced

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Tap’nos or Tapinos (Humble): Dance in Thrace. See also: first bread.

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Videos 7

Recordings 1

Texts 1

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Τ' Αρμένου γιος (Ταπεινός Πασχαλιάτικος) Δ.Θράκη - Χορευτικός Όμιλος Ξάνθης · Pantelis Voukantsis · Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)

Πασχαλιάτικος ταπεινός - Θράκη / Passchaliatikos tapinos - Thrakien · Leonidas Efthymiadis / Λεωνίδας Ευθυμιάδης · Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)