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O Michanikos (Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Work songs
Area: Kalimnos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:-
Dance:Michanikos
Scale:-
Collector:Dhrandhakis Lefteris
Recording Place:Kalymnian mansion
Recording Date:01/10/1981
Recording Responsible:Syghletos Yannis
Duration:3:10
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, Instrumental
Register Information
Register date:19/03/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:'Michanikos' is in Kalymnos the sponge-diver who wears a diving suit. The 'michaniki' very often become semi-paralyzed or paralyzed, a sickness that in Kalymnos is called 'piasimo'.
Storage media:Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos (LP 73)
Artists/Instruments
Tsounias Mikes:Violin
Tsounias Manolis:Lute

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