Male Folk Dancer, EUROPA Issue Folk Dances, Republic of Cyprus

Male Folk Dancer, EUROPA Issue Folk Dances, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

The 40 m. stamp depicts a folk dancer wearing the traditional black leather boots, the Vraka (baggy trousers) and the short waistcoat, which is of ten beautifully embroidered with coloured threads. He carries a glass of water on his head. In Cyprus, the male and female folk dances are very distinctive. The aim of the male dances is to project the manliness of the dancer, while the female dance exalts the dignity and modesty of dancer and dancers. There are many different folk dances the movements of which express and echo the feelings or emotions of the rural people, or enac t events from their daily lives in the village. An example is the sick le dance where dancers swing their sickles in the manner of reaping. O thers such as the dance of the knives and the dance of the cups generate enthusiasm among the spec tators.In the cup dance, the dancer places a full glass of water on his head and per for ms the dance without spilling a drop of water. Sometimes he places the glass or glasses in the innerrim of a sieve, which he swings about and over his head, dancing and leaping in the air, but never dropping the glasses or spilling any water. Folk dancing takes place at all festivities, celebrations and rural weddings.

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

4th May 1981

Designer: A. Tassos

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1981-EUROPA DANCES-40M

35.160417, 33.346556

Aspioti - Elka, Athens