Zaramo (
Macedonian Зарамо) is a popular shoulder-hold dance in
North Macedonia
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and also in
Macedonia (Greece)
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, in the region around
Florina
Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'.
The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...
.
The dance begins with a step toward the center on the left foot while dragging the right foot forward. Men bring the right knee forward into a lift. Women lift the right leg only slightly off the ground. The lift is followed by a step-behind-step figure moving in the line of direction. In North Macedonia and its diaspora communities, when danced with a line of only men, the dance may evolve into a more difficult dance known as
Teshkoto. In the Florina region of Macedonia, Zaramo often segues directly into an up-tempo dance known as
Hasapiko
The hasapiko ( el, χασάπικο, , meaning “the butcher's ance) is a Greek folk dance from Constantinople. The dance originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers' guild, which adopted it fr ...
, in which men perform intricate, syncopated hops and steps danced almost in place.
References
Joan Friedberg - "Tracing the past through the present in the Florina & Lake Prespa region"
External links
Zaramo video
{{Macedonian Oro
Bulgarian dances
Greek dances
Macedonian dances