Ta Xila is a song played for a traditional
couple dance
Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a c ...
on the island of
Lesvos
Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the nar ...
. Played on
santouri
The santur (also ''santūr'', ''santour'', ''santoor'') ( fa, سنتور), is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origins.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻ ...
(cimbalom), it can be done as a ''syrto'' dance by a couple, and in groups of four. It is particularly popular at weddings and social gatherings.
According to oral tradition, the four-beat instrumental song was created as a working song, based on a Turkish patinada.
DIONYSOPOYLOS Nikos, ''LESBOS AIOLIS - Greek Traditional Music 5'' Crete University Press Greece. p13
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References
External links
Ta Xila tune and dance
{{Greek dances
Greek dances