Christians of Anatolia | Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians | A Dance Medley

The peninsula of Anatolia (modern Türkiye) has had a huge variety of civilizations, religions and ethnocultural tribes. In this video, I'm gathering the Christians of this peninsula, their dances and the historical regions.
Enjoy a dance medley of 8 Pontic Greek, 5 Armenian, 4 Assyrian, 2 Cappadocian Greek and 1 Smyrniote Greek dances. All in just 14 minutes! 🤍

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CONTENTS:
00:00 • Intro: Norhars elim (Նորհարս էլլիմ) - Ayşenur Kolivar | Armenian (Euxine Sea)
00:45 • Introduction to Asia Minor, Armenian highlands and Assyria | Geographical division
01:12 • Tik Tongias (Τικ Τόνγιας) - @giorgosioannidis2188 (Γιώργος Ιωαννίδης) | Pontic Greek (Tongia)
01:40 • Panaia m' Soumela (Παναΐα μ' Σουμελά) - @dimitriskarasavvidis2851 (Δημήτρης Καρασαββίδης) & Christos Papadopoulos (Χρήστος Παπαδόπουλος) | Pontic Greek
02:02 • Yarkhushta (Յարխուշտա) - Sasna Tsrer (Սասնա Ծռեր) - Sasna Crer Folk Group @SasnaDzrer | Armenian
02:40 • Goreh D’Tyareh (ܓܟ݂݂ܪܸܺܐ ܕܗ ܛܝ̈ܪܸܺܐ) - @TalalGraish (ܛܠܐܠ ܓܪܝܫ) • Assyrian dance group "ISHTAR" @Salbi_bet_Aziz. | Assyrian (Tyari Hakkari )
03:51 • Kamayi vurdum yere (Καμαΐ βουρντούμ γερέ) - Manos Koutsaggelidis (Μάνος Κουτσαγγελίδης) | Cappadocian Greek (Karamanlides)
04:20 • Khigga yaqoora (ܚܓܐ ܝܩܘܪܐ) - Sonia Odisho (ܣܢܝܐ ܥܕܫܥ) | Assyrian
04:59 • Omal (Ομάλ) | Pontic Greek (Kars)
05:21 • Done yar (Դոնե յար) - "Akunq" Folk Ensemble • Qochari (Քոչարի) | Armenian (Samson) @TigranMadoyan
05:46 • Sarikuz (Σαρίκουζ), Trygona Gourouh (Τρυγώνα Γουρούχ), Aneforitssa (Ανεφορίτσα), Kotsari (Κότσαρι) - Chrysanthos (Χρύσανθος) | Pontic Greek (Argyroupoli, Palagia, Trapezounta)
06:41 • Trtrug dance (Թռթռուգ) • Horon hemshin - Vova | Armenian
07:10 • Bagiye (ܒ݂ܵܓܝܐ) - Juliana Jendo (ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) | Assyrian
07:52 • Atsapat Mazeretkon (Ατσαπάτ Μαζερέτκον) - Michalis Kaliontzidis (Μιχάλης Καλιοντζίδης) & Giorgos Lafazanidis (Γιώργος Λαφαζανίδης) | Pontic Greek (Matsouka)
08:39 • Azya Tama (ܐܙܝܐ ܬܡܐ) - Lazar Youkhana (ܠܙܐܪ ܝܟܟܢܐ) | Assyrian
09:10 • Karno Qochari (Կարնո Քոչարի) - Karin Ensemble (Կարին) | Armenian (Karin)
09:47 • Khigga (ܚܓܐ ) | Assyrian
10:20 • Koniali (Κόνιαλι) - Manos Koutsaggelidis (Μάνος Κουτσαγγελίδης) | Cappadocian Greek-Karamanlides (Ikonio)
10:56 • Im Anush Davigh (Իմ Անուշ Տաւիղ) - Maral Ayvaz (Մարալ Այվազ) | Armenian
11:38 • Serra - Pyrrhichios (Σέρρα - Πυρρίχιος) | Pontic Greek
12:29 • Bournova me kria nera (Μπουρνόβα με κρύα νερά) - Κώστας Βουτυράς (Kostas Voutiras) • Φωτιές (Foties) | Smyrniote Greek (Smyrni)
13:15 • Outro: Antarber Ashkharh (Անտարբեր Աշխարհ) - @sirushoofficialvideo (Սիրուշո) • Pontiako moiroloi (Ποντιακό μοιρολόι) - @AlexisParharidis (Αλέξης Παρχαρίδης) ​• Janan Sawa (ܔܢܐܢ ܒܒܐ ܣܒ݂ܐ)
13:39 • Parthen i Rhōmāníā (Πάρθεν η Ρωμανία) ​• Dipat (Διπάτ)

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PS: Shoutout to my friend Ruben and Pierre for the Armenian and Assyrian lyrics respectively! Also, I'm sorry that I couldn't write the lyrics of all the songs, but I couldn't find them or understand them all (especially the Assyrian ones). My apologies if I have spelling mistake in the Assyrian songs, I recently learned the alphabet, so I'm not proficient yet. For any correction or any suggestion in lyrics, feel free to comment below and I will correct or add them.

Thank you for watching!! I hope my message is clear enough. Did you enjoy the video? Did I add your favorite ones? See you in the next episode! Stay safe and stay tuned!
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~ Vasilis Petropoulos

[andrewtalks]

I am Assyrian and I can't believe what I just watched...I have tears in my eyes for 13 minutes with no stop by watching this 5 times already.. First time all the three of us together🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹... Look how powerful. They separated us, but look, we are here and we miss our homes. Armenia and Grece have country, but Assyrians don't. We are displaced, we miss our beautiful cities, I am from Urfa. Look how beautiful our music completes each Same religion, army of Jesus has no fear!!!! basima basima basima my angel, You teach truth, Assyrians have you in their heart, i speak foa ll🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 brikhta qyamta d maran, bshena teeloukh Vasilis القديس باسيليوس الكبير

[angelg]

The first song is the song of Pontiac Hamshen armenians..
❤❤Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians..🙏

[ladaylyn]

As an Ethiopia Orthodox Christian my hear breaks every time I see the atrocities committed against our brothers and sisters. I pray for the Lord to judge for the genocides that was committed against his children! 🙏 Thank you for sharing this video. I have lived in Turkey and it is very interesting to see, how the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrians cultur and music has impacted the country. Though the Turkish language is dominant, the music, culture, and the majority of the DNA has remained pre-turkic era. Much love! ❤️

[varditerharutyunyan]

Շնորհակալություն:Խաղաղություն բոլորին...

[karinanalbandyan]

what beauty to behold! I’m Armenian/Russian, and love both sides of my ethnic roots.

[jackjohn]

I am Assyrian born in Iraq Nineveh and now living in The Netherlands since 1991 thank you for this video

[GabyMurad-sunh]

We Are assyrian And Aramaic And we Love our Christian Brother And Sisters from Greece And armenia ❤Best love from Christian aramaic and assyrian from Syria ❤

[aleksandrosinanidis]

Thanks for the video, Im Greek Orthodox from Turkey but unfortunately 4 generation before family lost their native language Romeika and we communicate only Turkish and English with each other but we keep our faith since from thousand of years. Dont forget us

[hellonteee]

I am especially grateful to our Greek sister community for this inclusive video depicting our rich - Armenian, Assyrian and Greek - heritages, which we share in life and our history of death and resurrection. Thank you, Helen of Assyria ❤🤍💙 🇦🇲 🇬🇷

[ninousyokhanna]

I am Assyrian and proud. This video is just amazing . Great job brother. We are the land and the salt of this occupied land. Once day will return to its roots. Long Live Indigenous nations of Anatolia. ❤💙🤍

[ВачаганБабаян-вд]

Կեցցե ' մեր փառավոր, հերոս ու հզոր ՀԱՅ ԱԶԳԸ ։ 💪💪💪

[arie]

Their voices will never be silenced! 🇦🇲 🇬🇷

[susannamatosyansukhum]

This is amazing! I’m Hamshen Armenian from Abkhazia, I had a lot Pontic Greek neighbors! Yaso Ponti! Parev Hamshen!

[VisionInTears]

I love all Serbs and Greeks and Armenians and I am proud to say I am Assyrian. Vasilis from the bottom of my heart, your work is the most important, and should be held high and as many more like you should tell our truth together in one hand. My grandfathers originate from Hakkari. You almost made me cry. I love yarkhushta and especially the pontic Greek style music. In Jesus christ name we will be brought together. ☦

[diana_is_cooking]

This is beautiful. As a Greek, I shared it with everyone, but especially with my Armenian & Assyrian friends. 💝

[hayots_lernashkharh]

🇦🇲🇬🇷❤️💙🤍 Armenia, Greece, and Assyria are forever brothers

[Marsel-ovygimc]

Greetings to all, love from an Assyrian, long live Anatolia long live Orthodoxy ☦️

[stephaniebasdekis]

As a Greek and Assyrian I want to say thank you! This video is incredible, thank you for bringing our three cultures together in such a powerful way 🙌💙❤️🤍

[nunerostomyan]

Ես հպարտ եմ որ հայ եմ, և հպարտ եմ որ ասորիների և հույների հետ միշտ բարեկամներ ենք եղել, ամենայն անկեղծությամբ եմ ասում, այդ երկու ազգերին ես շատ եմ սիրում

[SamY-ifgd]

Well done brother. Thank you for taking the time to put this beautiful history together. God bless Greece, Armenia, and Assyria.