Loulouvikos

Rhythm

Medium

Formation

Circle of men, hands joined.

Occasion

Carnival

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

A playful carnival dance for men from Megara, danced to the song of the same name. The step resembles the syrtos sta tria, but in the chorus the men squat and rise again and again (up to twenty times) while moving round the circle, often ending by pushing one another to see who will “fall”. The song pleads with “Loulouvikos”, by tradition a boat, to bring back the young men it took away.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Central Greece & Attica Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Central Greece & Attica Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Central Greece & Attica › Megara · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Loulovikos or Loulouvikos: Dance in Megara of Attica with the homonym song.

Places in the archive

• Megara

Videos 3

• Λουλουβίκος Megara · [VC00001] /F1
• Λουλουβίκος Megara · [VC00044] /F2
• Λουλουβίκος Megara · [VD0199] /A.H2

Recordings 1

• Λουδοβίκος (χορός) Megara · [AR239] /13

More videos (1)