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Nisiotika

Nisiotika (, meaning "insular (songs)") are the songs and dances of the Aegean islands with a variety of styles. Outside of Greece, it is played in the diaspora in countries such as Turkey,

Composers#

  • Giorgos Konitopoulos
  • Vangelis Konitopoulos
  • Stathis Koukoularis
  • Yiannis Parios
  • Nikos Ikonomidis
  • Stamatis Hatzopoulos

Singers#

  • Glykeria
  • Vagelis Konitopoulos
  • Stella Konitopoulou
  • Yiannis Parios
  • Domna Samiou
  • Mariza Koch
  • Nasia Konitopoulou

Folk dances#

The Aegean Islands have a rich folk dance tradition. For example; syrtos, sousta and ballos. *Ballos *Ikariotikos *Kamara *Kalymnikos *Karavas of Naxos *Lerikos of Leros *Mihanikos *Parianos *Pentozalis *Pirgousikos of Chios *Pidikhtos *Rhoditikos *Sousta (Sousta Lerou, Sousta Tilou) *Syrtos (Syrtos Kythnou, Syrtos Serifou, Syrtos Naxou) *Trata

See also#

  • Greek folk music
  • Greek dances
  • Cretan music
  • Greek musical instruments

*Musipedia: Νησιώτικα