ΕΠΙΤΟΠΙΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΟΡΟΥ "ΡΟΔΟ" ΣΤΙΣ ΛΟΥΣΑΚΙΕΣ ΚΙΣΣΑΜΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΓΙΑΝΝΗ ΜΕΓΑΛΑΚΑΚΗ · Giannis Megalakakis · Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)

Rodo

Ρόδο

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Rhythm: 2/4 · Slow
Formation: Circle, palms joined at shoulder height.
Instruments: Cretan lyra, Violin, Laouto
Occasion: Gathering, Wedding

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

A syrtos-type dance from Kissamos in Chania with seventeen steps, which until recently was danced only in Lousakies. It is named after the many mantinades about the rose sung over it. Once mixed, it is now danced mainly by women.

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