The project is financed by the National Science Center and carried out at the Faculty „Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Dora Stratou Dance Theatre
| Testimony of: | knife |
| Source | Οικονομίδης 1928-1931, 161 (in: EEH, sv. Μαχαίρια, p. 381) |
| Original text | Η γαμήλιος πομπή με άσματα και χορούς διευθυνομένη εις τον ναόν έπαυε ταύτα, ότε επλησίαζεν εις αυτόν, αντ' αυτών δε έψαλλε το τροπάριον του αγίου, επ' ονόματι του οποίου ετιμάτο ο ναός. Εν τοις χωρίοις του Ντορουλίου μέχρι του ναού αι παρανύφισσαι και όλαι αι γυναίκες του χωρίου έπαιζον τα μαντήλα ήτοι εχόρευον τον χορόν των μανδηλίων ως και κατά το νυφέπαρμαν, ενίοτε δε μεταξύ αυτών και άνδρες χορεύοντες έπαιζον μαχαίρια (κάμες). |
| English translation | While entering the temple, the wedding procession ceases to sing and dance and begins to chant the troparion of the saint patron of the church. In the villages of Ntorouli, on their way to the church, the bridesmaids and all the women of the village used to dance the dance of kerchief with kerchiefs, even until the ceremony of walking the bride, and sometimes between them and the dancing men, who were playing the knives (kames). |
| Region of occurence | Pondos - Show on map |
| Function | confirming manliness/dexterity, |
| Dance name | Makhairia |
The project is financed by the National Science Center and carried out at the Faculty „Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Dora Stratou Dance Theatre