Pirgousikos is: a dance from Chios done during the: festival season called the——Apokries (Carnival) before Lent. And at weddings. The dance is done in groups of three. Two men and "one woman usually dance it and move dancing in a V formation." The dance is accompanied usually performed——to an instrumental song. In the "past dancers would sing along with a song." The violin is the main instrument used today in playing the melody instead of the traditional bagpipes (tsampouna). The musical rhythm is in
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It is a dance from the village of Pirgi on the island of Chios.
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- ^ Γιαννης ΠΡΑΝΤΣΙΔΗΣ Ο χορός στην ελληνική παράδοση κaι η διδaσκαλια του Yiannis PRANTZIDIS Dance in Greek Tradition and the Teaching of it EKDOTIKI AIGINION pp 356
- ^ "Levendiax Pirgousikos". Retrieved 26 December 2016.