Folk Dances Miniature Sheet, Joint Issue Cyprus - India
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Folk Dances Miniature Sheet, Joint Issue Cyprus - India
Description
Folk dances, folk music and folk art are the cultural heritage of ethnic people the world over. In the Near East, Middle East and the Balkans where the Ottoman empire ruled for four centuries, folk dances are both similar and unique in more ways than one as they have been influenced by cross fertilization of traditions and customs.
In Cyprus there is an abundance of folk melodies to which men and women dance separately and at times together. The Cyprus stamp depicts the “Pitcher Dance” reminiscent of the times when young women had to fetch water from the spring and hopefully meet a loved one. Another dance performed by young girls is the “Handkerchief dance”.
It is recorded that in the early years of the 20th century young men in the village of Dali performed the wild dance of “the knife”. This is a reference to the dance of the butcher as he slaughters an animal,while the “sickle dance” imitates the reaping of the corn. Other well known dances are the “syrtos” and the “zeimbekikos”.
On festive and special occasions the dancers both men and women are dressed in traditional garments that are richly and colourfully embroidered.
In Cyprus there is an abundance of folk melodies to which men and women dance separately and at times together. The Cyprus stamp depicts the “Pitcher Dance” reminiscent of the times when young women had to fetch water from the spring and hopefully meet a loved one. Another dance performed by young girls is the “Handkerchief dance”.
It is recorded that in the early years of the 20th century young men in the village of Dali performed the wild dance of “the knife”. This is a reference to the dance of the butcher as he slaughters an animal,while the “sickle dance” imitates the reaping of the corn. Other well known dances are the “syrtos” and the “zeimbekikos”.
On festive and special occasions the dancers both men and women are dressed in traditional garments that are richly and colourfully embroidered.
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
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Library of Cyprus University of Technology
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Designer: Glafkos Theofylactou
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www.cypruspost.gov.cy
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en
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2015CS17
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35.160417, 33.346556
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Folk Dances Miniature Sheet, Joint Issue Cyprus - India,” Αψίδα, accessed April 27, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44150.