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Tatsia

Τατσιά

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Rhythm: Medium
Formation: Solo men's virtuoso dance.
Instruments: Violin, Laouto, Pithkiavli (flute), Defi (frame drum)
Occasion: Wedding, Village festival

Character

Who dances it: Everyone

A men's virtuoso dance of the Greek-Cypriot tradition: the dancer holds and spins a tatsia (sieve) with glasses of wine inside it without spilling a drop. It used to be one glass; today it is often three to five. It is usually danced to the same tune as the knife dance (masairi).

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What they wear

Where it’s danced

Cyprus · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

tatsia or tatsa: Dance with tatsia (sieve, screen) in Cyprus. See also: Mahairin (Knife), Sickle.

Places in the archive

Kypros · Cyprus

Tatsia

Character

Its story

What they wear

Where it’s danced

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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