Tsirigotikos

Rhythm

2/4

Formation

Open circle, mixed, hands on shoulders.

Instruments

Violin, Laouto, Santouri

Occasion

Village festival

Character

• Energetic
• Joyful

Who dances it: Everyone

The signature dance of Kythira (Tsirigo), danced only on the island by men and women in an open circle, holding each other's shoulders. Most sources give it in 2/4. The same or a related form is recorded as 'Bourdaris' or 'Diplos'; some explain 'Bourdaris' from the men's breeches, others from a verb of Venetian origin. Kythira belongs administratively to Attica today, but historically it was one of the Ionian Islands.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Ionian Islands Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Ionian Islands Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Ionian Islands › Kythira · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Bourdaris: Dance in Kythira. Other names: Double, Bourdarikos, Tsirigotikos, Kythiraikos.

Kythiraikos: Dance in Kythira. See: Bourdaris.

Tsirigotikos: Dance in Tsirigo (Kythira). See: Bourdaris.

Places in the archive

• Kythira

Videos 2

• Μπουρδάρης Kythira · [VD0111] /F1
• Μπουρδάρης Kythira · [VC00073] /F1

Recordings 6

• Μπουρδάρης Kythira · [AR0172] SDNM 115 /13
• Μπουρδάρης χορός (σε τρεις μουσικές παραλλαγές) Kythira · [DS1149] SDNM 115 - Σύλ. προς διάδ. εθν. μουσικής /13
• Το κόκκινο σπαλέτο (Τσιριγώτικος χορός) Kythira · [AR189] /03
• Τσιριγώτικος Kythira · [AR0309] AEME 111/12 /03
• Τσιριγώτικος Διπλός-Σούστα Kythira · [AR0195] MINERVA 22041 /04
• Τσιριγώτικος συρτός πηδηχτός Kythira · [AR0194] EMIAL 034-70345 /08

Photos 1

• Το συγκρότημα του Θεάτρου "Δόρα Στράτου" χορεύει Τσιριγώτικο από τα Κύθηρα στο Λόφο Φιλοπάππου Kythira · [Pict_T V01] /1670

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