Learn Tsamiko for a Greek Wedding

[@michaelrapp2219]

Your a great teacher!!

[@greekthings2567]

Click the show notes (info section of the video) for music to practice with and example performances

[@grandhouse2717]

Tsamiko - Tsamuria or Chameria how can it be Greek?

[@Dinosaur315]

Cham=Thyamis river, clearly greek but albanized. Also Tsamiko wasnt danced by chams until after the greek revolution.

[@Merche74]

Step oooover

[@jbirdflicker4]

xD glad to learn the middle finger in greek as well

[@chrisr6526]

Disappointed you didn’t show it with any music it’s better to follow along with music but it was a good lesson thank you

[@greekthings2567]

Glad it was still helpful. I agree with you, and I'll make a note in the future. I linked some good music and performances in the shownotes. I hope those help.

[@hontorounidis]

You are awesome!!!! I beem trying to learn Greek dances couldn't learn from anyone but you . Very easy to understand all your moves. Thanks for all yours videos.

[@greekthings2567]

Thank you for sharing, this made my day.

[@maverickg4739]

​@@greekthings2567 stop 🛑 taking the piss by claiming Cham Albanian traditional dance of Osman Taka Albanian Cham warrior . Just stop, you'll be Chinese soon

[@greekthings2567]

​@@maverickg4739 This is a very popular Greek dance. I know people will dance this at Greek festivals and weddings - that was my sole purpose in making this video. Perhaps there is an Albanian dance that looks similar. I'm not making a claim for which one came first. I think it's wonderful for cultures to blend and share music, food, dance, etc. For many things, it is impossible to separate something as only being from one country or nationality. I know there is a lot of research that goes into preserving and studying Greek music and dance. I don't claim to be an expert on anything else. Your Chinese comment doesn't make sense and sounds hateful. I'll leave your comment up for now, but I think comments like that can take away from a productive discussion. Since you posted 2 months ago I've started to look into Albanian dance and music and I was impressed. I hope to learn more. Yiasas

[@maverickg4739]

@@greekthings2567 How can it be Greek when is Original Cham Albanian Dance of Osman Taka himself Research the history better prior you do put the claim on as it's a total embarrassment for Greece itself as the truth is out there. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Taka I'm not even joking as even his Descendants have submitted various court claims for such as unfair treatment towards their Grandfather's honour that fought for their freedom. Thank you

[@greekthings2567]

@@maverickg4739 What a beautiful story, thank you for sharing. I'm not convinced by a wikipedia article. The nature of any 'wiki' means that anyone can edit the article. On the wikipedia for tsamiko, it says that this dance has nothing to do with the Albanian dance. I also don't believe that. The actual research (not wikipedia) I found traces it back to the dissolution of the Ottoman empire. The Albanians and Greeks would have been fighting together against the Ottomans. They likely danced together too!

[@maverickg4739]

Cham - Kleftiko Albanian speaking population dance and music. Anything else is just a falsified copy paste of the Original Muslims - Christian Cham Albanians .