Pontian Dance "Sera" Argonauts Komnini in Australia 1991

This is my home video of the Pontian Dance group Argonauts Komnini at "Pontiaki Estia" in Melbourne Australia 1991.

They dance the ancient "Pyrrhic" dance called "Sera". Made up of 2 sections. The slow start called "Atsiapat" (a name of a village in Pontos / Karadeniz - todays Turkey) and the "Tromakton" (meaning lively / scary) part. The name "Sera" comes from a village next to Trapezounta - Trabzon in Pontos (modern Northern Turkey) were it was said the best dancers came from (and still do !!)

Then 2 of the dancers break away to dance the knife dance "Pitchiak-oin" (Turkish for knife dance). It is mentioned also by Xenophon in his book "Anabasis" that 2 Thracian soldiers danced around the fire to entertain others, one pretends to be hit and is dragged off .....

This group has danced internationally all around the world, even seen at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

The first dancer is the dance teacher Christos Theodoridis (who also was the teacher at Dora Stratu dance academy).
Their names are christos theodoridis, leonidas, dimitris gourzoulidis,panagiotis apostolidis, nikos konstantinidis, giouras savinidis, kostas savinidis

On the Ndaouly(drum) is Theodoro Kotidis who is now a well know lyra / kemence player.


Check out their new site:
http://www.argonautai-komninoi.gr/

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http://www.pontosworld.com

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http://www.pontian.info

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• pontos
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• kemence
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• makedonia
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• argonauts

[thprds]

christos theodoridis, leonidas, dimitris gourzoulidis,panagiotis apostolidis, nikos konstantinidis, giouras savinidis, kostas savinidis

argonautes-komninoi (1991)..from kalithea Athens, Greece

[pontian69]

Thank you for the Dancers name list... :)

[pontian69]

[6.1.6] And the Paphlagonians set up a cry. Then the first man despoiled the other of his arms and marched out singing the Sitalcas,1 while other Thracians carried off the fallen dancer, as though he were dead; in fact, he had not been hurt at all.

[pontian69]

Book Six [6.1.5] After they had made libations and sung the paean, two Thracians rose up first and began a dance in full armour to the music of a flute, leaping high and lightly and using their sabres; finally, one struck the other, as everybody thought, and the second man fell, in a rather skilful way.

[LaZZaNoVa]

It's a great dance bravo to the Argonauts.

Though as a scientist I'm rather sceptic about the things that are said about the dance at the start of the film.

I would like to see sources of Homer, Heroditos and Xenofon mentioning this dance.

[pontian69]

I have only seen the xenophon one....if I find it I will email...thank :)

[asirmato]

kai erthen thrinos, thanatos, peran perou son ponton

kai ksan kroun oi agarinoi kaigne kai rimazne

ton vion genewn o kosmon kserizoutai

ki enas laos poreuketai s' adam tin eksorian

kai sin elladan erthame rizamoun proaiwnion

patrida ti patridas kai ksan poulim' asin arxin

xtizomen to giofurin tin gin katatrupenomen

me aletrin kai xoron

[geofot13]

mpravo mpravo mpravo!!!!!! sta palikaria mpravo 

[MaLiveMaRulesMaGun]

@pontian69 7000 years ago. the Germans came from Anatolia befor the Greeks live there. you can read this in a german news. and the first human came from asia not afrika. read the history. all culture came from ASIA

[venoslimcyp]

Gia sas re leventes pontioi me ton leventiko Pirrixio xoro sas. Sheretismata pou ti vasanismeni Kypro

[turgaysari]

long live ponthos

[NYCFlapper]

Bravoso! You just can't appreciate the Serra enough until you see the 2nd part!

[ToPontiopoul]

pooooooooo poooooooo poli fobero olo to video para poli singinisi....blepis ena video pou xoreboune omos sta alithia ine olo gemato istoria...na zisi o pontos