Tamsara

Rhythm

9/8 · Medium

Formation

Closed circle, mixed, hands joined.

Instruments

Pontic lyra, Daouli (drum), Zourna

Occasion

Wedding, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

A dance from Nikopolis (Garasari) and Trapezounta, which Pontic tradition counts as a form of the dipat. The tamzara in 9/8 is shared by many peoples of the wider region: Armenians, for whom it is one of their best-known dances, as well as Turks, Azerbaijanis and Assyrians, each with their own variant.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Pontus Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Pontus Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Pontus · origin
• Central Greece & Attica · brought by refugees
• Macedonia › Thessaloniki · brought by refugees
• Macedonia › Imathia · brought by refugees
• Macedonia › Drama · brought by refugees

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Tamsara or Tamzara or Tzanjara: Dance in Eastern Pontos. See also: Karsilidikos.

Places in the archive

• Asia Minor
• Pontus

Videos 4

• Τάμσαρα Asia Minor · [VC00041] /C4
• Τάμσαρα Asia Minor · [VD0186] /A13
• Τάμσαρα Asia Minor · [VD0186] /A11
• Τάμσαρα (γυναικείος χορός Καυκάσου) Asia Minor · [VC00053] /H3

Recordings 5

• Ταμσάρα Νικόπολης Pontus · [AR1439(e)] /11
• Ταμσάρα Νικόπολης Pontus · [AR1439(b)] /05
• Ταμσάρα Τραπεζούντας Pontus · [AR1439(b)] /04
• Τιβ Τιβ Τιβ Τανα Pontus · [AR1439(b)] /20
• Τιταρα Pontus · [AR1439(b)] /02

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