Thrace is a historical region of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. The written musical history of the country extends back to ancient Greece, when Orpheus became a legendary musician. At the time the region was considered the musical center of all of Greece. Though the Thracian people were eventually assimilated by surrounding groups, such as the Bulgarians, elements of Thracian folk music continue. History (Timeline and Samples) Genres: Classical music -Folk - Hip hop - Jazz - Rock Regional styles Aegean Islands - Arcadia - Argos - Athens - Crete - Cyclades - Dodecanese Islands - Epirus - Ionian Islands - Lesbos - Macedonia - Peloponnesos - Thessaloniki - Thessaly - Thrace - Cyprus The musical legacy of Greece is as diverse as its history. ... From the 1500s, a detail from Piero di Cosimos version of Perseus rescuing Andromeda. ... Drawing on rembetikas Westernization with Tsitsanis, entekhno arose in the late 1950s. ... Laïkó was the pop music of Greece the 50s and 60s. ... Neo Kyma (Greek Νέο Κύμα - New Wave) was a movement in Greek music that started in the mid-1960s and lasted about a decade. ... Rebetiko, plural rebetika, (Greek ρεμπέτικο and ρεμπέτικα respectively) is the name for a type of urban Greek music. ... The vast majority of the inhabitants of the United States are immigrants or descendents of immigrants. ... Greek folk music includes a variety of styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, the United States and elsewhere. ... Greek hip hop refers to hip hop music originating in Greece, either in Greek or English. ... Rock and roll is an African American genre of music that spread around the world in the 1950s and 60s, entering Greece in the middle of the latter decade. ... Crete is an island that is a part of Greece. ... During the opening decades of the twentieth century, Mytilene (or Lesbos, as it is formally known) became an island. ... Thrace (Bulgarian: Тракия, Trakiya; Greek: Θράκη, Thrákē; Latin: Thracia or Threcia, Turkish: Trakya, Macedonian: Тракија) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... The head of Orpheus, from an 1865 painting by Gustave Moreau. ...

Traditional Thracian dances are usually swift in tempo and are mostly circle dances in which the men dance at the front of the line. The gaida, a kind of bagpipe, is the most characteristic instrument, but clarinets and toumbelekis are also used. The Thracian gaida, also called the avlos, is very different than the Macedonian or Bulgarian bagpipes. It is more high in pitch then the Macedonian gaida but less so than the Bulgarian gaida (or Dura). The gaida originated in ancient Thrace, then spread to Macedonia during Alexander the Great's conquest. Durung the Slavic invasion of Europe, the newly-arrived Slavic people also incorporated the gaida into their music; it is still widely used throughout the Slavic countries. The Thracian gaida is also still widely used throughout Thrace in northeastern Greece. In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for time) is the speed or pace of a given piece. ... Circle dance, is the most common name for a style of dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment. ... The gaida (also spelled gajda) is a bagpipe from South Eastern Europe (The Balkans). ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ... Two soprano clarinets: a B♭ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Egyptian dumbek drum with traditional inlay design. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of, if not the most successful military commanders in history. ... Distribution of Slavic peoples by language Countries inhabited predominantly by Slavic peoples The Slavic peoples are a linguistic and ethnic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in Europe. ...

The Thracians have always been very musical. Today, Thracian weddings last for three days, where there is constant drinking and dancing to the sounds of the gaida and the daouli νταούλι, ταβούλι, άργανο, τουμπάκι, τουμπανέλι, κιόσι, κ.λ.π. During ancient times up until the Slavic invasion, Thracians were taught to dance at a very young age. Since Thrace is the coldest part of Greece, dancing played a large part in keeping warm during the winter months. This article is about the marriage ceremony. ... For other senses of this word, see winter (disambiguation). ...

Types of dances

• Hassapia: an ancient dance that simulates a stealth approach on any enemy camp, from beginning to victory
• Kallinitikos: performed by three people (either two men and one woman or two women and one man), named after the kalines, or friends of the bride during her wedding, who escort her to the church performing this dance
• Kouseftos: derived from kousevo (to run in Thracian language), performed, not in a circle, but in the form of a labyrinth
• Mandilatos (Mandra): a couples dance performed at weddings
• Stis tris: a slow but swift dance
• Syngathistos: performed as the bride and groom are escorted to and from the church during weddings
• Xesyrtos: a circle dance with men performed at the front of the line
• Zonaradikos: a circle dance in which the participants hold each other's belts. This is the primary dance of Thrace and primarily danced by men where many tricks are performed.
• Paidushko (Baiduska, Pajdusko, Pajduska, Payduska): a very aggressive dance, usually performed by men. It is performed using heavy movement.
• Halay: Halay is a famous dance in the Middle East. It is a symbol for the tempestuous way of life in its place of origin, Anatolia. It is a national dance in Armenia and Turkey. The traditional form of the Halay dance is played on the Zurna, supported by a Davul. The dancers form a circle or line while holding each other with the little finger. From Anatolia the Halay has spread to many other regions such as Armenia and the Balkans.

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Listen to

• Listen to Zurna O' Dawoola(Halay)
• Listen to Zurna2 O' Dawoola(Halay)