Zonaradiko

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Zonaradiko is a traditional folk dance from Thrace that is named after the dance's handhold. Dancers hold the adjacent dancer's zonaria (belt) during the dance.

Many variations of the dance exist. In northern Thrace, zonaradikos turns into a fast tsestos dance. In western Thrace, the dance is lead by the males, and the females follow towards the end of the line. As the dance nears the end, the first dancer moves to the centre and the others twist around him, then they "unwist" and go back to their normal positions.

Songs like Lianohortarouthyia, Steryios Pismanipsi, Yiannis Dimarhos are all zonaradika.

[edit] See also

• Greek dance
• List of folk dances sorted by origin

[edit] External links

• Dunav Zonaradikos page
• Eleftheria Arvanitaki - Do sta lianohortaroudia(Zonaradiko) (live)