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It is believed to have acquired the name kalamatianos from the town of Kalamata in southern Greece; most Greek dances are commonly named after the villages or areas from which they are considered to have originated.

Kalamatiano sogs are many and popular - some of the more traditional kalamatiano songs are Samiotissa (The girl from Samos), Mandili Kalamatiano (Kerchief from Kalamata), Milo Mou Kokkino (My Red Apple), To Papaki (The Duckling), Mou Pariggile To Aidoni (The Nightingale sent me a message), Ola Ta Poulakia (All Birds), etc. An especially haunting example of the kalamatianos, Mekapses Yitonissa (Μέκαψες Γειτόνισσα), was recorded for the National Geographic Society's groundbreaking Music of Greece album, released in 1968.
It is a very joyful dance realted to happy moments like marriages. . Near the end of the 2002 film, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the cast dances the kalamatianos to the song, Orea Pou Ine I Nifi Mas (How Beautiful is Our Bride) at Ian and Toulla's wedding reception.

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All students dance "Mou Pariggile To Aidoni" (The Nightingale sent me a message)

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γυμνάσιο βαρθολομιού etwinnnig

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Καλαματιανό (Μου παρήγγειλε τ' αηδόνι)

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Παρουσίαση χορών Πελοποννήσου από την ομάδα eTwinning 2016-17

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Tsamikos or Kleftikos is a very popular traditional folk dance in Greece.
The dance follows a strict and slow tempo emphasising more on the "attitude, style and grace" of the dancer. The dancers hold each other from each other's hands, bent 90 degrees upwards at the elbows. It takes a sturdy hand, especially if you are supporting the first or last person of the line (or circle) who will lean on you to perform high acrobatic leaps (usually kicking his right leg up as he takes off followed by the left (in a scissor-like motion), hitting the latter with the back of his hand before landing). In the past, it was danced exclusively by men, but in modern times both men and women take part.
This dance is strongly reminiscent of the 1821 era in Greek history. Today Tsamiko is a popular dance in festivals and weddings, especially in the rural areas of Central Greece, Peloponnese, Thessalyas well as Epirus periphery, where a slower version is performed.
Sometimes the dancers dress in the traditional Greek fustanella. This dance is usually performed to celebrate national events like in the anniversary of the declaration of the start of Grek War of Independence in 1821.

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A team of the students dance "The Sun Shines"

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Τσάμικος (Λάμπει ο ήλιος)

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Παρουσίαση χορών Πελοποννήσου από την ομάδα eTwinning 2016-17

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There is always a video from backstage.... here we are all the dancers!
Stathis, John, Dimitris and Paris.
Martha, Nasia, Maria-Eleni, Marianna, Antigoni and Froso.

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We would like to send our warm thanks to the Cultural Association of Gastouni and its suburbs "Ancient Elis". Its dance teachers brought all clothes, dressed the students and explained the use of each cloth.
The Association is a memeber of the Council of International Dances - CID (under UNESCO auspices). They are currently organising an exhibition of traditional costumes in Gastouni (8 km from our school)