Shut up, don’t speak! – Thracian Greek Collection

Athanasia Havouzoudi and Eleni Salambasi perform a traditional dance song in Thracian Greek.

Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) ID number: thra1248GRV0012a

Description:
This traditional dance song has been sung on many occasions in the village of Asvestades and in the area of the Erythropotamos river. It is a mixed dance (men and women) in the zunaráðkus (zonaradikos) style. The verses concern the large family of the local priest who has been badly attacked by robbers. Almost all of his daughters and daughters-in-law can be comforted and richly married; only the youngest continues to cry for her loved one.

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