Antikrystos
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Antikristos is a Greek, Armenian
and Assyrian folk dance
(αντικρυστός in Greek language
translates as "αντικρύζω" ("anti-face", i.e., face-to-face). Antikristos, has similarities with karsilamas dance. It is danced in couples.
Armenian dance
The Armenian dance heritage has been one of the oldest, richest and most varied in the Near East. From the fifth to the third millennia B.C., in the higher regions of Armenia, the land of Ararat, there are rock paintings of scenes of country dancing. These dances were probably accompanied by...
and Assyrian folk dance
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
(αντικρυστός in Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
translates as "αντικρύζω" ("anti-face", i.e., face-to-face). Antikristos, has similarities with karsilamas dance. It is danced in couples.
See also
- Greek music
- KalamatianosKalamatianosThe Kalamatianós Dance is one of the best known dances of Greece. It is popular Greek folkdance throughout Greece, Cyprus and internationally and is often performed at many social gatherings worldwide. As is the case with most Greek folk dances, it is danced in circle with a counterclockwise...
- KamilierikosKamilierikoskamilierikos or kamilieriko, is a kind of a Greek traditional dance, similar with fast zeibekiko and antikristos. The Kamilierikos was danced by prisoned rebetes. Riders of the camels used to dance it as well. Today, kamilierikos is very widespread in rebetiko and laiko music.-External links:*...
- SyrtosSyrtosSyrtos , is the collective name of a group of Greek folk dances. Syrtos, along with its relative kalamatianos, are the most popular dances throughout Greece and are frequently danced by the Greek diaspora worldwide. They are very popular in social gatherings, weddings and religious festivals...
- Greek dancesGreek dancesGreek dance is a very old tradition, being referred to by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian. There are different styles and interpretations from all of the islands and surrounding mainland areas. Each region formed its own choreography and style to fit in with their own ways...
- Greek folk musicGreek folk musicGreek folk music includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and elsewhere. Apart from the common music found all-around Greece, there are distinct types of folk music, sometimes related to the history or simply the taste of the...
- BallosBallosThe Ballos Sirtos , is one of the best known Greek folk island dances in Greece...
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