Music of Thessaly

Music of Thessaly
Music of Greece
General topics
Genres
Specific forms
Media and performance
Music awards
  • Arion Awards
  • MAD Video Music Awards
  • Pop Corn Music Awards
Music charts
  • Greek Albums Chart
  • Foreign Albums Chart
  • Singles Chart
Music festivals Thessaloniki Song Festival
Music media
National anthem "Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
Related areas Cyprus
Regional styles

Music of Thessaly, is the music of the geographic and historical region of Thessaly (Greek: Θεσσαλία) in Greece. Folk dances from Thessaly are slow and stately, and include: Kalamatianos, Thessalikos, Dionysiakos, koftos, Sirtaki, Kalamatiano, Tsamikos, kleistos, kangeli, gaitanaki, tsamikos, Pilioritikos, svarniara, sta tria, karagouna, Kleistos, zeibekiko, Rougatsiarikos, Tsamiko of Deskati, antikrystos and galanogalani.

Also, every year in Tyrnavos occurs the Phallus Festival before Easter, a pagan fertility festival in honour of the god of Mount Olympus, Dionysus which locates in ancient Greece and is one of the most famous worldwide. There is also, a long-standing tradition of a cappella music in Thessaly, including in dance music.

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