Best Pontian Dancer, Pontiaka, Pontos Karadeniz

This Clip is of a Pontian group in Athens. Taken from 1980's movie "The Pontians" with Kosta Voutsa..

Best Pontian Dancer (first person). As you can see he becomes one with the dance and Music. Lyra / Kemence Player is Akrivopoulos.

The Ancient Greek Pyrrhic - war dance "Serra".

http://www.pontian.info/dance/serra.htm
http://www.pontosworld.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrecheios
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_Dance

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• pontian
• pontos
• pontiaka
• lyra
• kemence
• Karadeniz

[MrNorthernloon]

This is when the Man were Man not Fat lazy Pigs like today. These dancers were true Pontie. Study this over and over and you will feel their true energy.

[pontian69]

@MrNorthernloon I agree 100%

[trantellenas21]

The best pontian dancer lives in Athens now but he is from Drama(Makedonia).They dancing in Peristeri-Athens and he was a dance-teacher there.He`´s son was the young man who has play ntauli in Olympic games 2004 and his my friend!!!

[pontian69]

Thank you for that, so interesting...Nase Kala!! I have his son playing on other videos as well...Olymbionikis...bravo...

[Pontiaras2004]

Geia hara paidia.. Eimai o gios.. Eimaste apo Giannitsa , Pentaplatano kai o syllogos poy horevei einai i Enosi Pontion Peristeriou

[pontian69]

Ti na Po......APIASTOS!!!!!!!! Bravo , ke nase panda Kala! KE ego apo Apsalo, Gitonia!!!

[triantis35]

Georgian is a 100% greek name

Laz language is an ancient greek language(National Geografic)

Trapzund was built by Militians

Xenofon found Greeks in the region 450 BC.But why people fight over what is my culture or yours.Just enjoy the damn thing and all people shut up and dance....

[GeoBBB123]

Just arrived???? Does almost 2800 years count as 'just arrived' ? The Laz start from Rize and eastwards ... How were they ever the majority of the "Karadeniz coast"? Frpm west of Sinope to Of ... the Greeks 'Pontians' were once the majority...

[sonykroket]

Wow, why is the mic so loud, the music sounds like a record being played at 10 times the speed

Culture eh? Good thing i dont have to pay for it

[kostakii1030]

0:06 ?

[Ellatha1]

This ancient Pyrrhic war dance or Serra is one of the best I've seen & I've watched A LOT. It's as if the lead dancer is not dancing to the music but it's dancing to him. I love how the man in costume in the audience puts his hand over his face as if to say "O Theos Mou!" Only thing is I wish it were a little longer video. Can you imagine how intimidating it would be to see hundreds or thousands of such men dancing this outside your fortress before they attacked?

[Ellatha1]

@Cengolinho Sorry, but the Spartan is right. Greeks were in Pontus for about 1000 before the Turks. There is also much archaeological and anthropological history to support this. This is a Greek Pontian dance and these are REAL Greek men...

[soNofLeoniDasandLas]

@saltadoros08 There is more proof that they are 100% Greek. In painted ancient vases from 500 B.C. they depict dancers holding hands exactly as they do today, and the bending of the shoulders also identical . Homer wrote that the Greek warriors danced the Pyrihios war dance outside the city of Troy before they went to battle, and other ancient Greek historians who went to Pontos wrote that they were dancing the Pyrihios war dance . The anti Greek idiots should shut it.

[Cengolinho]

@saltadoros08

it doesnt look greek too me and I am from Karadeniz (Trabzon). Trabzon-Laz-Oflu-=Turkish!

[MrNorthernloon]

One more comment here, the Lead dancer should be BRONZED and WORSHIPED That is TRUE DANCING

[Remenez]

omg