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The priest's orchard

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Carnival songs
Area: Propontis (Asia Minor), Ionian (Asia Minor), Aivali (Asia Minor), Asia Minor
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Dhipatos Apokriatikos 2/4
Scale:-
Collector:Dragoumis Markos
Recording Place:Chionato, Kastoria
Recording Date:27/08/1965
Recording Responsible:Dragoumis Markos
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Comment:Carnival dance. According to Ted Petridis, the song refers to the story of the Garden of Eden and of Paradise, the entrance to which was fard to find.
Storage media:Νot given (Tapes 114)
Artists/Instruments
Karaliotis Dhimosthenis:Singer

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