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Sperveri

Sperveri is a dance done at the wedding on the island of Rhodes. It is sung and danced as part of the dressing of the bridal bed. The sperveri refers to the ornate covering of the bridal bed. It is a women's dance.

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Sperveri is a dance done at the wedding on the island of Rhodes.

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Sperveri is a dance done at the wedding on the island of Rhodes.

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Sperveri is a dance done at the wedding on the island of Rhodes. It is sung and danced as part of the dressing of the bridal bed. The sperveri refers to the ornate covering of the bridal bed. It is a women's dance. The dance is also accompanied by a song with the title έστολισαν το σπερβερι.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sperveri”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Sperveri is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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