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Cypriot ballos

Μπάλλος Κύπρου

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Rhythm: 2/4 · Fast
Formation: Two dancers of the same sex facing each other.
Instruments: Violin, Laouto, Pithkiavli (flute), Defi (frame drum)
Occasion: Wedding, Village festival

Character

Energetic
Joyful

Who dances it: Couples

The fifth and last dance of the karsilamas suites in the Greek-Cypriot tradition, also called ballos. It closes both the men's and the women's sequence. It is a different dance from the ballos of the Cyclades, which is danced by a man and a woman.

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