Dipat

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The ancient spiritual dance of the Trapezounta(Trabzon) region in Pontos(Black Sea). This dance is also know as Omal-Trapezountas. It is a very distinctive dance: the name of the dance means Di-2 Pat-step (2 step), but in reality the dance has an unusual movement involving more than two steps. However, the two step the dance name refers to are the only step which move the dance slightly to the right. This dance is also danced for long periods of time and has many different melodies and songs to the same beat.