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Two pigeons at play (Crete)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Love songs
Area: Crete
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Pentozalis 2/4 (dance from Crete)
Scale:-
Collector:-
Recording Date:01/01/1964
Duration:3:12
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:14/02/1994
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:The 'Pentozalis' is a lively bouncing dance likened by many people to the ancient 'Pirrichios', which was either a war or a Dionysian dance.
Storage media:Folk songs of Greek Isles (LP 1)
Artists/Instruments
Anonymous:Cretan lyra
Anonymous:Lute
Skordhalos Thanassis:Composition
Skordhalos Thanassis:Singer

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