Κότσαρι(Πόντος)- Kotsari (Pontus)

Kotsari is a dance from Pontus. It derives from the Greek "κότσι" (in Pontic Greek "κοτς") meaning "heel" (from Medieval Greek "κόττιον" meaning the same) and "αίρω" meaning "raise", all together "raising the heel", since the Greeks consider the heel to be the main part of the foot which the dancer uses. This song is played with Pontian Lyra, the main instrument of the Greek Pontian music.

The Pontic Greeks, also known as Pontian Greeks are an ethnically Greek group who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus, on the shores of the Black Sea and in the Pontic Mountains of northeastern Anatolia. Many later migrated to other parts of Eastern Anatolia, to the former Russian province of Kars Oblast in the Transcaucasus, and to Georgia in various waves between the Ottoman conquest of the Empire of Trebizond in 1461 and the second Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. Those from southern Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea are often referred to as "Northern Pontic [Greeks]", in contrast to those from "South Pontus", which strictly speaking is Pontus proper. Those from Georgia, northeastern Anatolia, and the former Russian Caucasus are in contemporary Greek academic circles often referred to as "Eastern Pontic [Greeks]" or as Caucasian Greeks.

Pontic Greeks have Greek ancestry and speak the Pontic Greek dialect, a distinct form of the standard Greek language which, due to the remoteness of Pontus, has undergone linguistic evolution distinct from that of the rest of the Greek world. The Pontic Greeks had a continuous presence in the region of Pontus (modern-day northeastern Turkey), Georgia, and Eastern Anatolia from at least 700 BC until 1922.

[relaxsleepchannel]

This feel my heart and soul with Joy! Love from Corfu Greece!!

[VivaCH]

Very great music, i love the greek msuic, culture and food, greetings from an albanian person.

[noeldanielkaragiannis]

Long Live Greece And All The Greek People’s!
Amin
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[bogdanberg]

Greek music is gorgeous! Greetings from Romania :)

[stavrosmichailidis]

Ακουγω και ταραγουμε σεναν ταλο ο Πόντος Ζεί ποτέ κανασπαλουμε ποτέ 🇬🇷 τος και ταραξων 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[erateinosgr]

Absolutely really music..talk to everyone

[OkojoMizuri]

To understand how greeks are the most influential civilization in the region, we can see that 95% of turkish cities were built by Greeks.

[pablitoescobar]

Greetings from Ukrainian Pontic-greek 🇺🇦🇬🇷

[Xargxes]

Κάλλιστον, ῶ φίλε, τοῦτο τὸ ᾷσμα φαίνεται γνὸν τὸ πηδᾶν τῆς εμῆς καρδίας! Μάλα γε ευχάριστος οὗτος ὁ φιλέλλην απὸ τοῦ Άστερδαμ.

Same geography, common culture, similar feelings. We need to forget about politics and try to protect these local tastes. 🇹🇷 🇬🇷

[mehmetuysal]

Harika müthiş fevkalade Türkiye’den selamlar

[monky]

Why I want to go to war when I hear this music ?

[chrysankalcanides]

Now were those wonderful palaces still present to this dire moment. We us and them need prior warning to elected officials to guard the sincerest coop existing between many diverse rooted sculptures. A demon force can it break with the love of dance and song I like the dress a virtual card. Bottled in cups a spade purchased Penh

[chrisoulanohos]

Θα ήθελα να πάω στον πόντο στην Παναγία Σουμελά και να χορέψω κότσαρι

[chrysankalcanides]

Jumping wagons starry eye catching Piura

[Screencoat]

Turks greeks and armenians live now in peace in the Pontic mountains

[vicozan]

The best music in the entire world ❤❤🇹🇷🇬🇷

[chrysankalcanides]

Forget the rear I'm the mess in an area actress

[MCMLXXXVICCXII]

That name, song and dance belongs to Minor Asian mixture, not Greeks. The word is most likely derived by the Armenians from the nomadic Turks ''Koçar'' literally means ''The one who moves'' referring nomadic people. Armenians, Georgians, Pontians, Turks and Kurds all have the same word, some lost it in time, dance and song with their own fashion and style. This music and dance is the Pontian version of it and Muslim Pontians of Turkey which they call themselves as Türk, still playing and dancing with it in weddings etc.

No matter what nation they belong, dumb nationalists always try to have everything good for themselves and enflame hatred towards the other by sapping the truth.