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Της λυγερής το φόρεμα, της νύφης το φουστάνι.
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Δως του, δως του πέρα.
(2016-05-08)This sung version of the Ikariotiko dance has a "carpe diem" theme, painting a picture of the inevitable end of each human life and encouraging dancing and making merry. The song is a strophic composition, each verse ... -
Σήμερα γάμος γίνεται.
(2016-05-08)In this wedding song the singer wishes the bride and the groom and their parents a life as full of years and happiness as the flowers in spring of the snows in winter. The song is strophic. Each single fifteen syllable ... -
Κυπαρισσάκι μου ψηλό, τι στέκεις μαραμένο.
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Ένα πουλί λέει, ένα πουλί θαλασσινό κι ένα πουλί βουνίσιο.
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Πώς μ' έκανες λεβέντη μου.
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Διώξες με βρε μάνα, διώξες με κι έγω θέλω να φύγω.
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Ανήμερα την Πασχαλιά και στον καλό του λόγο.
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Εσείς πουλιά μ΄ πετούμενα.
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Σηκώνομ΄ο καημένος σαν παραπονεμένος.
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Ήθελα να' ρθω το βράδυ.
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Η αμπελοκουτσούρα.
(2016-06-08)"The Grapevine" is one of the most characteristic of the island's folk songs. The text is a hymn to the grapevine and the wine it yields. This is only natural, for the vine has been associated with Ikaria since antiquity, ... -
Ηφάς αρνί κι ηρνήθης με.
(2016-06-08)The text of this love song with its characteristic refrain is in local Ikarian dialect. In each verse the melody covers a rhyming couplet in fifteen syllable iambic meter, followed by a refrain. Other characteristic ... -
Οι Καριώτες οι ψαράδες.
(2016-06-08)This song sketches a picture of the careless life of the fishermen of Ikaria. Each melodic unit covers a rhyming couplet in trochaic tetrameter. The melody, in duple (2/4) time, comprises two symmetrical phrases (2+2 bars) ... -
Στου Παπά το μπουγάζι.
(2016-06-08)This song with its lovely dance tune paints a vivid picture of a lugger struggling to round Cape Papas, battling the savage waves and the strong winds that blow incessantly round the headland. It expresses the hope and the ... -
Σήμερα είν' η σχόλη σου.
(2016-06-08)This song is sung for a friend or realative celebrating his name day. It describes the entertainment - a lavish spread on the table accompanied by local wine - and finishes with good wishes for the entire family. The ... -
Το τραγούδι του Καγρηγόρη.
(2016-06-08)This song tells the story of a shepherd named Grigoris, who lived in Ikaria in the early years of the 20th century and whose sheep were constantly being stolen by other shepherds without him ever being able to catch them ... -
Αμπέλι μου στραβόραδο.
(2016-06-08)The words of this song conjure up the characteristic landscape of Ikaria, with its vine-dotted slopes, rainy Mesaria, the storms that batter the mountainous region of Athera, and the sunbathed coastal village of Evdhilos, ... -
Η Έλλη θέλει σκότωμα.
(2016-06-08)This song, which obviously originated in Asia Minor, is strophic in composition. Each verse is in the form of a rhyming couplet in fifteen syllable iambic meter, followed by a thirteen syllable refrain in a contrasting ... -
Καριώτικο.
(2016-06-09)This dance, with its duple (2/4) rhythm, is a type of syrtos. It is the dance most characteristic of the island, and each locality has its own variation. Indeed, each individual instrumentalist plays his own version. With ...
