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Lipothymiarikos

Λιποθυμιάρικος

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Rhythm: Slow
Formation: Open circle of men; the leader plays the bride.
Instruments: Clarinet, Violin, Laouto, Defi (frame drum)
Occasion: Wedding, Carnival

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

A mocking dance done in the early hours of a wedding feast, by men only, and today also at carnival. In the first part everyone dances a syrtos 'sta dio' (in two). In the second, in free rhythm, the leader pretends to faint, mimicking the bride, and the others try to bring him round; when the music changes he jumps up and dances again. This is repeated two or three times, and sometimes water is thrown on him or he is slapped in jest.

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What they wear

Where it’s danced

Epirus · origin
Epirus › Arta · also danced here

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Lipothymiarikos (Fainting): Dance in Syrrako of Epirus.

Places in the archive

Syrrakon · Tzoumerka