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Bergama (Folk musicians and singers sing of Thessaloniki)

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Song Information
Kind:Anatolian
Category:Various
Area: Asia Minor, Salonika (Macedonia)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek & Turkish
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Melikis Yorghis
Recording Place:Evanthia Toumanidou's home, Thessaloniki
Recording Date:14/12/1983
Recording Responsible:Karagavriilidou Fpuli - Michailidou Anthoula
Duration:2:43
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:29/03/1996
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Bergama is a type of Asia Minor knife worn in the belt. The recording was made without Evanthia Toumanidou's knowledge by two of her younger compatriots, Fouli Karagabriilidou and Anthoula Michailidou, using an ordinary cassette-player.
Storage media:Folk musicians and singers sing of Thessaloniki (LP 187)
Artists/Instruments
Toumanidhou Evanthia:Singer
Toumanidhou Evanthia:Oud (Short-necked lute)

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