Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

The 'Cato' dance (Triantaphyllio Argyrou)

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Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Wedding songs
Area: Archagelos (Rhodes - Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Kato dance
Scale:E mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:2:45
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:23/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:'Cato' means down or downward. This song, also known as 'Man and wife', is danced to as the newlyweds are on their way back from church, each holding a special candle that is lit.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 520)
Artists/Instruments
Arghyrou Triandafyllio:Singer
Papanikolaou Panayotis:Singer
Photos Collection

Τριανταφυλλιώ Αργυρού, Αρχάγγελος Ρόδου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Παναγιώτης Παπανικολάου, Αρχάγγελος Ρόδου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Παναγιώτης Παπανικολάου, Αρχάγγελος Ρόδου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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