Yurukikos

Dance
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The tradition

Yurukikos or Yurukiko (Greek: Γιουρούκικος) is a Greek instrumental dance from Agiasos, Lesbos, Greece, with a nine beat rhythm. The dance has many similarities with antikristos dance.

Yurukikos or Yurukiko (Greek: Γιουρούκικος) is a Greek instrumental dance from Agiasos, Lesbos, Greece, with a nine beat rhythm. The dance has many similarities with antikristos dance. The tune take its name from the Yörüks, the Turkish nomadic tribe. The dance can be also compared with Greek rebetiko dances of that time.

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Yurukikos 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

The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation.1

Sources

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Wikidata: Yurukikos (Q8061767)databaseWikidata

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