Tatsia: Sieve for flour, Traditional Dance

Tatsia: Sieve for flour, Traditional Dance

Τατσιά: Kόσκινο για το αλεύρι, Παραδοσιακός Χορός

Λαϊκοί χοροί--Κυπριακοί

Folklore--Cyprus--Agios Athanasios--Limassol

Λαογραφία--Κύπρος--Άγιος Αθανάσιος--Λεμεσός

Folk dancing--Cyprus

Made of wooden surround and metal base with several small holes used for the screening of certain products. AlsoTatsia is a dance of skill, combining the hand and body in non-stop movement. The dancer holds a sieve in his hand with the four main fingers on the top of the inside perimeter of the sieve, while his thumb is on the top of the outside. Then an assistant of the dancer (usually a woman), or even the dancer himself, puts a glass of wine on the bottom of the inside perimeter of the sieve. The wine within the glass must not exceed the middle of the glass. Then the dancer performs a variety of moves with his hands holding the sieve, as he is dancing to the rhythm. The dancer can put in the sieve as many glasses of wine as he likes. In order to put more than three though a bigger sieve is required as well as a small piece of wood to put on the three base glasses. That small piece of wood is used as a surface on which the other glasses can be put on. In any case the glasses must not touch the top perimeter of the sieve. All of the moves must be performed with speed and grace or else the glass(es) may fall or the wine spilled. The dance was created by the men in Cyprus in a form of competition or as a means to impress a woman. Some of the moves are hard to be performed even by professionals. Tatsia requires the dancer to have stamina, full control of his hands and knowledge of the footwork of the dance.

Χρηστικά αντικείμενα που εξυπηρετούσαν τους ανθρώπους στα παλιά χρόνια. Κατασκευασμένο από ξύλο και λαμαρίνα με αρκετές μικρές τρύπες που χρησιμοποιείτο για το κοσκίνισμα ορισμένων προϊόντων.

Agios Athanasios Municipality

Δήμος Αγίου Αθανασίου

Agios Athanasios Municipality

Δήμος Αγίου Αθανασίου

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

19th century

Agios Athanasios Municipality

Δήμος Αγίου Αθανασίου

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

www.agiosathanasios.org.cy

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