GREEK CULTURE
Music and dancing has always been important to the Greek people. Many traditions are preserved in the Greece villages, especially in the more isolated ones.In ancient times, dance, song, and music were all integral parts of the theater. In fact, the Greek word 'XOPOC', (HOROS), referred to both dance and song. The English words chorus, chorale, choir, and choreography all come from this same Greek word. Furthermore, there are numerous references to dancing in ancient literature. Besides several references in various sources from the ancient and Byzantine world, there are drawings, paintings, and small statues which depict dancers and musicians. Invariably, the dancers are in a circle or line, often with a musician or musicians in the center.
The impact of ancient Greece on the Western world can't be overstated.Greece music change the greece world in different ways such as people dance now and sing.Traditions in Greece are either of a religious character or coming from paganism. Furthermore, most of the traditions and festivals still followed and celebrated today, are religious. Many Greeks are very superstitious people and believe a lot in religion as well as in supernatural or paranormal phenomenon.Greek music is of unbelievable diversity due to the creative Greek assimilation of different influences of the Eastern and Western culture of Asia and Europe. Music and Greece have a long history dating from the Antiquity...
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