Makedonikos antikristos is a dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 from Macedonia

Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...

 in Greece

Greece

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. It means "face to face dance from Macedonia", and it is danced by two people, usually by a man and a woman. It is mainly danced in the western side of Macedonia in the city of Kozani

Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley...

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The most known local song and dance in Kozani, it is a makedonikos antikristos called Enteka (or Endeka) that in Greek means "eleven". That is because it is danced in eleven steps; or because this song was the last to be heard and danced in local celebrations, during the Ottoman Times (up to 1912), as it was forbidden for Christians to congregate after 11 in the nighthttp://apokries-kozanis.gr/mousiki.php.

Audio Samples

Endeka Kozanis

Endeka Kozanis

External links

• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/miltiadis_s/Music.html&date=2009-10-26+02:41:22
• http://www.web-greece.gr/kozani.htm
• http://members.aol.com/tsotili/dancegroup.htm
• http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/dances/karsilam.htm