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Tis michanis to forema (Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Couplets
Area: Kalimnos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Sirtos 7/8 (3.2.2)
Scale:-
Collector:Dhrandhakis Lefteris
Recording Place:Kalymnian mansion
Recording Date:01/10/1981
Recording Responsible:Syghletos Yannis
Duration:2:51
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:19/03/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:'Tis michanis to forema', 'the machine's dress' is the Kalymnian name for the diving suit.
Storage media:Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos (LP 73)
Artists/Instruments
Mavrou Kalliopi:Singer
Tsounias Mikes:Violin
Tsounias Manolis:Lute
Women from Kalymnos:Choir

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