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The hasapiko ( Greek: χασάπικο, pronounced [xaˈsapiko], meaning “the butcher's [dance]”) 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 from the military of the Byzantine era. [1] In Constantinople during the Byzantine times, it was called in Greek μακελλάρικος χορός (makellárikos horós, "butcher's dance", from μακελλάριος “butcher”). Some Greeks, however, reserve the latter term only for the fast version of the dance.
The slow version of the dance is called χασάπικο βαρύ / χασάπικος βαρύς (hasapiko vary or hasapikos varys, "heavy hasapiko") and generally employs a 4
4 meter.
[2] The fast version of the dance uses a 2
4 meter. It is variously called γρήγορο χασάπικο (grigoro hasapiko, "fast hasapiko") or χασαποσέρβικο (hasaposerviko),
[2] the last two terms in reference to
Serbian and other Balkan influences on this version of the dance. The fast version is also called μακελλάριος χορός (makellarios horos), [
citation needed]
In the late Ottoman period, foreign travellers called the Hasapiko Alvanikos horos (Albanian dance) and it was described as performed by 200-300 butchers, in reference to the Arnaoutiko, a dance of the Arvanite butchers of Constantinople. [3]
Sirtaki, the modern staple Greek dance, is a relatively new, choreographed dance, based on hasapiko. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Sword dance [1] in Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 April 2022, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- ^ a b c Leontis, Artemis (2009-04-30). Culture and Customs of Greece. Greenwood Press. p. 229. ISBN 9780313342974.
- ^ Moraitis, Thanasis (2008). "Η αρβανίτικη γλώσσα στα παραδοσιακά τραγούδια" [The Arvanitika language in traditional songs]. Ετερότητες και Μουσική στα Βαλκάνια [Otherness and Music in the Balkans] (PDF). Εκδόσεις ΤΕΙ Ηπείρου – ΚΕΜΟ. p. 32. ISBN 9789608932326. "Ο καλούμενος από τους ξένους περιηγητές (Guys, Chenier) του περασμένου αιώνα «Αλβανικός χορός» (Χασάπικος ή και Μακεδόνικος) χορευόταν στην Ελλάδα και είχε στρατιωτικό χαρακτήρα. Αναφέρουν ότι χορευόταν από 200-300 κρεοπώλες (παραπέμπει στον «αρναούτικο» ή χασάπικο χορό που χόρευαν οι αρβανίτες χασάπηδες της Κωνσταντινούπολης)."