TheKanghelaridance as a means of communication in the village of Papadatai in Epeiros, hellas

Autor: Angelike Triantafyllou, Elias S. Demas
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Dance Chronicle. 20:275-294
ISSN: 1532-4257
0147-2526
DOI: 10.1080/01472529708569287
Popis: This article looks at the changes the dance kanghelari underwent in the village of Papadatai in the district of Epeiros and asks whether the characteristics that distinguish and highlight it in performance were momentary improvisations of a dance leader, which were later incorporated into the dance, or whether they served some other social functions, always considering the social and cultural structure of the village and its needs. Kangheli(on) is the Epeirotic word for multiple turns and bends in a road; the many turns and folds of the dance gave it the name kanghelari(on). This research was based on the hypothesis that the kanghelia of the dance were not coincidental, but on the contrary served specific
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