Pontos 🇬🇷 • A Dance Medley! (Discover Hellenism: ep01) Ποντιακοί χοροί | Πόντος

[@dimitriskarasavvidis2851]

Μπράβο παλικάρι μου, αξιόλογη δουλειά!!!

[@VasilisDance]

Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@alexandrossidiropoulos3636]

Για σου Καρασαββίδη Αρχοντα!!!!!!

[@gizemakiii]

I'm from the Black Sea region of Turkey. We still have Pontic Greek speakers in our region. This video gave me goosebumps. Wonderful performance as always dear Vasilis!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! 😊😊

[@vanessabalkan3416]

Tarihi olaylara ırkçılık ile bakan bir sanatçı görünümünde Türkiye'ye Rum, Ermeni,Suryani soykırımı yapıldığını ama kendi yaptıklarını belirtmeyen birine bu övgüleri nasıl yapıyorsunuz şaşkınlıkla karşılıyorum!

[@vanessabalkan3416]

@wizball sistematik olması ya da böyle acıların yaşanmış olması gerçeğine saygım var. ayrıca sistematik olması dağlardan inen çetelerin de yaptıklarını hafifletmiyor. lütfen bana soykırım tanımı üzerinden çıkıp devlet tarafından yapılanın soykırım olduğunu çeteler tarafından yapılanın ise soykırım olmadığını söyleme. siyasi görüşü ya da tarafsız olmasını beklemiyorum lakin sanatın içine böyle bir şeyin karışması kötü ve çirkin. bunu dikte edebilirken bizimlilerin bunu alkışlaması bir saçmalık. bu arada yunanca bilen, yunanistan'da yıllarca yaşamış biri olarak yazıyorum. bu konulara girmeden bunu yapabilir. savaşlarda tek taraflı suçlu olmaz. anadolu'da yaşanılan savaşlarda hiç kimse hiç bir halk kanatsız melek değildi. bunu diğer videolarında da görebilirsin. balkan halkları videosunda da sırpları cicileştiriyor. sanatçı olmak böyle bir şey demek değil bana gçre ve böylelerine saygım da yok

[@vanessabalkan3416]

@wizball Şu an bir siyasi bir platformda değiliz. Neden anlamak istemiyorsunuz konunun özünü ve anlatmak istediğimi...

[@vanessabalkan3416]

@wizball o zaman lütfen konuyu video üreticisi gibi ucuzlaştırıp farklı noktalara çekmeyelim. yeri burası değil ve bunu yapması da çok itici. sanatını siyasi görüşleri ile gölgelemek çok çirkin ve bunu kendi ülkesi dışındakilere de dikte etmekte. bunların kimseye faydası yok. bunları işlemekten, göstermekten iki ülke arasına nifak tohumları filizlendiriliyor. unutulmasın acılar ama her şeye aktarılıp insanlara da kin beslendirilmesin. size sağlıklı yeni bir yıl diliyorum. saygılar

[@MrGWolf-ih6me]

Thank you Vasilis, my Grandfather came from Ag Ntag Meten in Gumushane, I hope our ancestors are smiling down on us knowing our culture survives, πολλή αγάπη από Αυστραλία !

[@VasilisDance]

Much love! Thank you!

[@ΕΛΕΝΗΑΓΑΘΑΓΓΕΛΙΔΟΥ]

Gumushane να μην ξεχνάμε το ελληνικότατο όνομα: Αργυρούπολη

[@olgaath1511]

Mine too but Ak Dağ madeni is near Yozgat, our ancestors just moved from Gümüşhane ( Αργυρούπολη ) to Ak Dağ Madeni when the mines were closed.

[@jamesr.g.2320]

I hope the Pontian culture continues to live on for eternity. Much love from an Assyrian.

[@Theodosius667]

Η πατρίδα μου είναι το Gümüşhane. Από ποιο μέρος της ημέρας πήγε;

[@muharremk_2961]

We still speak Pontic Greek/Romeica (Although I dont know it very well my grandfather knows it very well) We Keep These Horons Alive and Play. We Black Sea people know our essence and origins well. Greetings from Gümüşhane(Argryopolis) 🇹🇷❤🇬🇷

[@AkellaAkella-kp1mp]

The Black Sea (Crimea, Turkey, Caucasus) orthodox people are divided into 2 groups: 1) Turkic speaking Urums, 2) Romeika (Greek) speaking Romeys. There are still Turkic speaking Urums in Greece and Russia.

[@EvaKalama]

Να λελεβο σε!❤🇬🇷🦅. Πατριδα μου! Από Σουηδία

[@marinasaripanidi4016]

Μπράβο να μην ξεχνάμε ο "Πόντος Ζει."πολύ εμορφα να μην ανασπαλουμε τα ποντιακα και την παράδοση μας και τη πέρασαν.

[@VasilisDance]

Ακριβώς! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

[@rodolfoescobar4403]

Me gusta el ritmo, la cadencia , bravo , saludos desde Lomas de Polanco de Guadalajara, México

[@ozanbayrak562]

Greetings from Kotiora/Ordu.

[@marias9221]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I’m Cypriot descent but relate to the atrocities to the people of Greek, Armenian, and Assyrians descent from the Black Sea area and Christianity around the world. 🙏 Thank you for sharing your dances and history of your heritage! ❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Thank youu! :))

[@mehmetaslan8113]

Maria, imparatorlukta 600 yıl, eksilmeden artarak var oldunuz. Sonra ne oldu? Düşün şimdi, senin yaşadığın ülke sömürgeci emperyalist ülkelerce işgal ediliyor. Senbu işgale yardım edermisin. Komşularını öldürüp paralarını çalıp tecavüz edermisin. Türkiteden kaçanların çoğu bu suçları işlediler gittikleri ülkede masum mağdur roller yapıp çalışmadan üretmeden geçirdiler. Tek işleri ve gelirleri Türk düşmanlığı. Halen kalanlar nasıl kalabilir, ihanete, suça karışmamış olanlar. . Seni seviyoruz.

[@-pontos]

Χώμα είναι και μας περιμένει, ο καιρός έχει γυρίσματα.

[@diesvonthun221]

PATRIDA MOU KI'PORO NA ANASPALOSE ...O PONTOS ZEI... 🌹🌹🌹👏👏👏👏

[@SebastianAlvarez-hh2fu]

My soul cries everytime I see how much the greeks have lost. So many innocent greeks, so many beautiful cities & villages throughout anatolia, filled wit culture, education & architecture have been burned to the ground. Greek people & greek culture have lived from north to south Balkans, to south Italy & Sicily all the way to the far east Anatolia & the north Levant. Now the Hellenic spirit survives from the same small rock, from where it all began. I can only pray & hope that in the future the beautiful Hellenic culture & spirit will survive. But with all the globalization, global politics. It will be a tough battle, not only for Greece, for a lot of other countries and cultures aswell.

[@VasilisDance]

Absolutely! As the Pontic song says "Even if Roman Empire fell, it blossoms and continues again". I will upload a video about the Greek, Armenian and Assyrian genocide on May 19, stay tuned. :) Thanks for watching!

[@antoniettadilorenzo9064]

Evviva la Grecia. .. Gran Madre nostra. La Madre dell'Italia meridionale. Dal VIII sec. A. C. ( seconda colonizzazione greca , volta in Occidente), hanno fondato città importanti, tuttora fiorenti : Napoli ( io sono Napoletana ), Taranto, Metaponto, Gallipoli, Siracusa, Agrigento,,Reggio Calabria, Locri, Catania, Bari, Ancona, Taormina, Pithecusae ( oggi Lacco Ameno, isola di Ischia, golfo di Napoli) , Crotone, Messina etc. Ristabiliamo gli antichi legami panellenici. ❤da Napoli 🙏 con Affetto❤

[@ΕΛΕΝΗΑΓΑΘΑΓΓΕΛΙΔΟΥ]

Είμαι τρίτης γενιάς Ποντία και κουβαλάω το Μεγάλο τραύμα των προγόνων μου... Αλησμόνητες χιλιόχρονες πατρίδες.. Για όλη αυτή τη φρίκη βοήθησαν και οι δήθεν "σύμμαχες" χώρες για ίδια συμφέροντα!

[@professorminstrels6460]

Πολλή αγάπη από έναν Ιρλανδό. Αγαπώ την Ελλάδα και τον πολιτισμό της

[@MilleniumBK]

Very interesting video! Lets love in peace in Balkans and everywhere. Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@jlirving]

Saved and downloaded can't wait to watch this. My family is originally from Potnus and settled in Greece after the eschange.

[@muharremk_29]

Greetings From Gümüşhane 🇹🇷 🤝🏻 🇬🇷

[@maryvalsamidi]

Εξαιρετική δουλειά!!! Εκπληκτικό βίντεο!!! Σας ευχαριστούμε πολύ!!! Να ζήσει ο Πόντος!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστούμε πολύ!!

[@ahmetfurkanemrehan]

Mashallah Vasilis brother, great research, great performances, great video and invaluable labor, thanx from Istanbul

[@VasilisDance]

Thanks and welcome!

[@occihum9115]

Brother???? 😂😂 He isn't a turk

[@pickacard4474]

@@occihum9115 u are not Turk either probably do a dna test u will be surprised 😂

[@georgegaitanidis2161]

Hello brother from karadeniz .

[@folkanatolia]

Love from Turkey, recpect all cultures !!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!! :)

[@mirnastephan546]

You're the best. Keep going & God bless you & keep you safe

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!

[@emilvcloutier]

Hi! I love this video as a Turk from Trabzon/Salpazari. Both Turkish and Greek people should learn being brother. We are living same faith, and our future is parallel with our relationship

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you, great message!! Since you're from Turkey, check my Turkish episode if you want😊: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKeZYmOup999n5Y

[@loveglobalmusic]

Very well said Emil! It only brings goodness of learning to live in peace and harmony with friendship, without being stuck in the past but rather moving forward for a brighter future for all of us and simply just appreciate and enjoy the cultural dances from all over the world.

[@Lola_Dea]

You are brothers same blood 😄 Pontus praying in orthodox religion in Greece but the blood is Turkish !

[@theofotiadis6209]

Pontians are Greek blood malaka@@Lola_Dea

[@muhammed7478]

I really like this video ❤ Greetings from Black Sea Region / Samsun

[@VasilisDance]

Greetings! Thank you! :)

[@Έλληνας-τ2λ]

Να ζήσει η Πατρίδα μου ΠΟΝΤΟΣ

[@Sofipontia]

Συμφωνώ η ιστορία μας να γίνει γνωστή παντού και να διεκδικούμε δικαίωση εμείς οι απογονοι

[@ДмитрийПопандопуло-ы8ж]

Zio Pontos ☦️🇬🇷🖤💛🦅☝️

[@WingsTM]

I hope Black Sea people from Turkey can see this video and see how much in common they have with their Greek neighbors!

[@VasilisDance]

Absolutely, in the end, we're all same people 😊🙌🏻

[@s___19]

Turks are already aware of this situation :))

[@tommy61]

First of all the blood is common. Changing religion and adopting another language doesn't change the blood. Greetings from Trabzon

[@muhammed7478]

I know my friend :) Greetings from Black Sea Region / Samsun

[@bodoor8172]

Yeah, I see that our horon dance comes from the Pontic Greeks.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΤσαρουχίδης]

Πολλές.φορες.σου.εβγαλα.το.καπελο.παντα.θαυμαστησου.ευχομαι.να.σε.δω.εδω.στον.συλλογο.ποντου.της.ροδου.ποντιος.απο.θεσσαλονικη.κατοικος.εδω.30.χρονια.στο.ομορφο.νησι.που.εχει.αναγκη.ολη.την.ελλαδα.απο.ωραιους.ανθρωπους

[@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137]

The " one nation, one race, one flag" doctrine is one of the worst things that ever happened to humanity, so sad to see what a bunch of stupıd and cruel racists can do to so many people, destroy the whole demography of a place and cause such terrible suffering. I've seen the Turkish film "Yüreğine Sor", how Greek people at that region had to hide their identity to escape persecution. On my visit to Eastern Black Sea region however ı've seen how a lot of that culture is still alive and many young people are getting informed about their true roots and embracing them more and more. Hopefully one day we will truly learn from the past, recognize the terrible mistakes and we will respect and enjoy one another's culture and see how much we share, how much we got from one another and we, all the peoples of Anatolia have in fact one soul, love and greetings from Istanbul ❤

[@VasilisDance]

Amazing comment once again! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed! I totally agree. ❤

[@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137]

@@VasilisDance ❤

[@athinkok6592]

​@@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137 Μπράβω σου είσαι υπέροχη!!😊❤

[@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137]

@@athinkok6592 wish I could understand what you say 🙂

[@athinkok6592]

​@@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137 mpravo koritsi mu.

[@zeljkareljan-music6536]

Well done, very informative and respectful to all. Thank you for educating us.

[@VasilisDance]

Thanks for watching!

[@handanunal4040]

Teleia! , I'm from the east of Turkey. As soon as the dancing communities open in Istanbul I would like to learn at least few of those dances :) Thanks for sharing the history and this compilation :)

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! :)) I hope you will !

[@peynirformaggio6915]

Are there pontic greeks communities in Istanbul???

[@irinasergian1122]

Love from Armenians! ❤️

[@VasilisDance]

🇦🇲❤️

[@classicalgreekdance]

Μπράβο Βασίλη! Συγχαρητήρια για το απίστευτο και συμαντικό έργο σου!!

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@bh9264]

Keep up the amazing work! You are very talented. From an Assyrian. 🌟

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much !!

[@elenachirosca954]

Grazie bellissime danza 👍👍👍🌺👍🌺🧡🌏🙏

[@danaanceski550]

Oh my god fantastic.

[@irmakediz5597]

Greetings to my pontian brothers greetings from gumushane 🇬🇷🇹🇷❤

[@MIKEK13ful]

Να ζήσει ο Πόντος 🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@Lola_Dea]

Greek from Asia minor😀😀😀 who don’t have conectiom with ancient Pellazgian - Illyrian - Arvanit - Epir autoctonos

[@MIKEK13ful]

@@Lola_Dea Are you drunk?

[@MrTommynerd100]

Wow amazing video!!! Hope to see you do Assyrian dances one day!!! God Bless you Greek brother.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much! I promise to do Assyrian dances! :) :)

[@Makaidonas]

@@VasilisDance I use your videos to compare with modern day Turkish dancing from the Black Sea area. It is clear that the Turks have made revision to the Pontic dances because of adopting laz and other cultures. Your videos help in understanding the dance from Greece and how the Greek dances affected other cultures around the area

[@danaanceski550]

Beautiful I .can not stop watching u bravo.

[@ena78ena]

Συγχαρητήρια!!! Εκπληκτικό βίντεο!!!

[@danielpatriciomartinez791]

Such an amazing vidéo, it let's us know a little bit about greek culture and history, you're an amazing dancer ❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Thanks a lot !! 🤗👏

[@Thamargoe]

Είσαι ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΟΣ❤.... τα δάκρυα τρέχουν ποτάμι συγκινήθηκα 😔. Δεν ξεχνάμε!

[@lefterispaltagidis5799]

Εμορφα!!!

[@shervan34]

Respect from Kurdistan

[@VasilisDance]

Greetings to Kurdistan! :D

[@Thamargoe]

Hello my friend you also have same music with us it reassembles very much I think ❤

[@georgegaitanidis2161]

FREEDOM KURDISTAN

[@ΕΛΕΝΗΑΓΑΘΑΓΓΕΛΙΔΟΥ]

Βασίλη, ανακάλυψα τη δουλειά σου πρόσφατα και με ενθουσίασε σε υπερθετικό βαθμό! Είναι κάτι που έλειπε από τα ηλεκτρονικά μέσα και εσύ το κάνεις υπέροχα και με ασυναγώνιστο επαγγελματισμό! Τα σέβη μου.

[@AbdullahYanik-j2t]

Asil HZ. İsa ve HZ Meryeme de horon oynatıp Ponti yapacaksınız.

[@tollis8206]

Bravo palikari! Apsogos!

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@Alina-jm3bg]

That is such an horrible chapter in greek history, it is so nice how you maintain the pontic culture) Interesting as always

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much! :)

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

I used to live in Turkey, and I really don't understand what the Turkish government hopes to accomplish in denying the genocide. It wasn't even the modern republican government in power at the time so it's not like it'd reflect badly on them. I mean hell, the German government has recognised and apologised for the Holocaust, and made Holocaust denial a crime. Likewise the UK and America have apologised for the various genocides they've committed even though they themselves were the government in power at the time. But the Turkish government? Heaven forfend

[@VasilisDance]

It is indeed very strange and insulting, I would say, towards everyone who faced such tragedy. It's also the reason of our political aggressiveness.

[@hansfrankfurter2903]

The US and the Uk haven't apologized for anything. I think you mean Australia.

[@hansfrankfurter2903]

@@ğözçsülke1224 This is just whataboutary, its a literal logical fallacy.

[@folkanatolia]

people died from both side and for example dashnak killed thousands of people. Armenians and Muslims died in same war. But you see only one side..Politics could not manage because there was support of other countries.

[@elwiko8953]

@@ğözçsülke1224 of course Turks were also killed, my first question is, why lived Turks in Greece, Balkan, Asia Minor? Either they were Greeks, Armenians etc. who converted to Islam or they were occupiers. The second thing ist that genocid does not mean, that people were killed. Every day people die, in every war are victims to claim. Genozid means the planned extermination of people only on the basis of origin, religion etc

[@tomasmesropian7300]

Amazing video , Many should know this dark past You are great ❤

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you👏 !!

[@katerinaeleftheriadu7613]

Pontos patrida 🇬🇷❤️❤️❤️

[@vrejtamazian524]

Որպես հայ ուրախ եմ Պոնտոսի հույների կուլտուրան տեսնել, շնորհակալություն։ 🇦🇲🇬🇷❤️

[@MakevicSRB]

The melody of Militsa horo very resembles Serbian Ужичко коло (Uzicko kolo) melody. Keep the good work!

[@VasilisDance]

That's true, never thought about it! :D Thank you!

[@elefteriospapadopoulos8117]

Συνχαριτήρια!

[@Paulynyc]

Bravo, Vasili!! Keep up the great work! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! 😊

[@_PONTIOS_28]

PONTOS !!!! my origin - Trabzon (trapezunta) - Ocena / Caykara

[@spirosun7163]

Μπράβο, πολύ ωραία!

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@mariatek19]

Βασιλη τεμετερον εισαι; μπραβο αγορι μου.τελεια δουλεια.

[@theodorosnikodimo1956]

Συγχαρητήρια! Για την ανάδειξη αυτού του video!!

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@zorankraguevski6782]

BRAAVOOO VASILIS PEACE TO ALL PEOPLE ON BALKAN TI VNESE LJUBOV KAJ SITE NAS NA BALKANOT PREKRASNOOOOOO !

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! 😊

[@SELÇUKKUKUK]

Mükemmel bir paylaşım teşekkür ederim giresundan(kerasounta) selam ve sevgiler

[@DenEimaiSovarosMaziS]

I live in Kerasounta ❤️ greetings to you komsu

[@DenEimaiSovarosMaziS]

Kerasounta is located at Preveza, Greece

[@SELÇUKKUKUK]

@@DenEimaiSovarosMaziS evet komşu giresunluyum Giresun'da yaşıyorum

[@catwalkkcouture]

I am Armenian and Assyrian :)

[@VasilisDance]

Great!!

[@lisachmelewski3304]

Love this❤️Thankyou

[@ΔημητρηςΧωλιδης-ψ6ρ]

:::::)))))) ΤΕΛΙΚΑ ΟΛΟ ΤΟ ΣΥΓΚΡΟΤΗΜΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΑΓΟΡΙ ΚΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΚΟΠΕΛΑ. ΩΡΑΙΟ ΤΟ ΕΚΑΝΕΣ ΜΠΡΑΒΟ.

[@kromlidisp]

Well done Basili, Perfect music mix. I love the popular dances. Keep it up. One happy pontian patriot living in Melbourne, Australia. Panayiotis Kromlidis. ❤

[@kromlidisp]

The singers were clear and quality.

[@teoriginal7584]

Ο ΠΟΝΤΟΣ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ PONTOS IS GREECE🇬🇷🦅

[@ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣΔΑΜΑΛΑΣ-ε9η]

😊 χορεύεις τελια

[@berkkayar7440]

Perfect 😘

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you !!

[@giuseppesaltarelli6803]

Well done as usual 👍🏻🤗

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@qelelao]

Love Greece from Armenia ❤

[@abdulhakimsaid9264]

Bayıldım hakikaten,tebrikler!

[@VasilisDance]

Teşekkür ederim!! :)

[@kurdkermashan7174]

Love ❤❤❤from Kurdistan

[@efrosinivuletic9288]

Εξαιρετικό βίντεο ❤️ μου θυμίζει το χορευτικό, που ήμουν μικρή 😊 Να λελεβω σε 🤗

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!! :)

[@ΔωροθέαΚαραπουρζιδου]

Merry Christmas season everyone and Happy New Year 2022! All the Best everyone!

[@VasilisDance]

Happy new year!!

[@anonanon7932]

My grandmother was forced to leave her village in sinop back in the day. The village she was born was called ayanjik. The people who made it back to Greece alive ware given land at epirus and astablished villages with the same names of places they used to live.. Sinop, samsun, trabzon, rize...Her village is still called archangel which i was told is the translation of the word ayanjik.

[@hyperlinkblockedd]

A bit late, but Turks of Sinop/Ayancık has very little Turkic admixture compared to (around %5 or something, rest being Greek) the rest of Sinop (an average Sinope resident derives most of his ancestry from Romans still) they are your brothers and sisters just changed religion and language.

[@anonanon7932]

@@hyperlinkblockedd thanx for your reply, its heartwarming, we are brothers and sisters

[@giacherpes-see5164]

Wow! This is incredible! You and Αγγελική did an amazing job! Μπράβο! 💗 Yes, it's so important to keep records of the history, including the dances. Is there any way you could have a video discussing the significance of some of the dances and their moves? Thank you very much for allowing this to be translated to English. May God continue to bless your work! 🙏💕☦️🕊

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Pontos & Pontic Greeks ❤❤❤❤❤ 🇦🇲

[@Lola_Dea]

Pintos from trabzon turkish in their DNA 😝

[@Dinosaur315]

​​@@Lola_Dea Pontics have caucasian ancestry not turkish, turks couldnt genetically influence other groups because they are an assimilationist nation

[@RonioAltun]

Kurdish and Pontos Greeks are so similar, it’s like almost same very interesting. we use more zurna and Pontos use more kemence😍 we Kurds also have kemence it’s not the same one but we also use in some dances for example we dance Milani (shoulders dance) just with kemençe zurna is also but it’s mostly a kemence dance🎉 anyways thank you Vasilis this was so interesting to me that it’s so similar❤ greetings to all Greece and Pontos

[@ericericsson8525]

Pontus 💔

[@Makaidonas]

Pravo vasili eisai leventis Thestixos eimai akrites Ei taxi mou then eixai taxi na mafoumae ellikis horous I will switch it to English. I am from Seattle As I said above Greek dancing did not exist in my teens But we put together Greek political action groups. One of our objectives was to create dance groups for of Greek kids. That initiative exploded in our community and suddenly 7 dance group were created and Seattle became the destination for Greek dancing

[@VasilisDance]

Wonderful to hear! ❤

[@artsakhisarmenia9586]

😍😍😍.🇦🇲❤️🇬🇷👍👍👍

[@YavuzErezkara]

Vasilis gûzel olmuş bir Karadenizli olarak sevdim

[@VasilisDance]

Teşekkür ederim!!

[@Μιτσαρας-γ8ι]

Pontus 🇬🇷

[@Lola_Dea]

Pontic from Asia Minor 😄😃

[@nasko2629]

👏👍

[@darche2471]

Μίλιτσα Χρεμπελιάνοβιτς (σερβικά : Милица Хребељановић)

[@shahoazizi8076]

wow very nice dance and music and very bad history...There is a historical connection between the Kurds and the Greeks

[@VasilisDance]

There totally is! 😊🙌🏻

[@jamesr.g.2320]

Delusional

[@rachelpickens6025]

😳👀👀👀❤️‍🔥

[@kostaskotaridis-yj3jq]

Μπράβο φίλε, ειλικρινά μπράβο !!!

[@darche2471]

5:38 - Milica is a very common serbian name.😁

[@VasilisDance]

Indeed! 😁

[@darche2471]

@mugsy ty 😁

[@AchilezGR]

@@darche2471 It means small apple in Greek.

[@khatunadamchidze1825]

When you show pontoon dances, you should know that the area from Trabzon to Georgia - Lazet - belonged to Georgia in ancient times and the Laz - Georgians live there, and they still live there. Greek historians even wrote about it in the first century. When the Turks conquered this territory, they named it Lazistan. Thus, the Pontic culture was not only created by the Greeks, it was also created by the Lazes from ancient times.

[@wesnasimicevic5677]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@yianniathanasopoulos]

Ωραιω Βασίλη! Μπορείς να κάνεις ένα επεισόδιο για τους χορούς τα μέρη της Πελλοπόνησο? Η γονείς μου γεννηθήκανε στη Σούλι. Ένα χωριό τα δυτικά μέρη της Πελλοπόνησο. Φιλλάκια Γιανννης 🇬🇷❤️🇦🇺❤️🇬🇷

[@ΕΛΕΝΗΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΔΟΥ-ν2λ]

Γεια σου Βασίλη! Έψαχνα χορούς κουρδικού δεν βρήκα?

[@anastasiabooth8528]

Grandparents and Great Grandparents from Samsounta.

[@Sajma969]

Very reminiscent of Persian culture

[@hyperlinkblockedd]

How so?

[@daniii024]

Song name at 14:41 please!? 🙏

[@NewarkBay357]

THE SAME TWO DANCERS ARE IN EVERY CLIP.

[@zekikoc3228]

biji

[@NewarkBay357]

What part of Greece did the Pontic Greeks originate from?

[@kaneis915]

Πολλοί Έλληνικοι μύθοι ( η τιμωρία του Προμηθέα στον Καύκασο, Φρίξος και Έλλη, Αργοναυτική εκστρατεία, ο Ηρακλής έκλεψε την ζώνη της Ιππολυτης) δείχνουν ελληνική παρουσία από τα μυκηναϊκά χρόνια ήδη. Τον 8ο αιώνα π.Χ. ιδρύθηκε πρωτη η Σινώπη από Ίωνες ναυτικούς από τη Μίλητο. Μετά ιδρύθηκε η Σαμψους, η Τραπεζους και τα Κοτύωρα.

[@moira6953]

The origin of the Pontic Greeks is the Black Sea region, which was occupied by the ottomans in the 15th century. Unfortunately the Pontians could not free their home. Beginn of the 20th Century they had to live their homelands. Turkey wanted to construct a new state with homogenous population. Therefore all Christian people were killed or deported of their homes. Most of them died. The rest was officially “exchanged” with the Moslems, who used to live in Greece. A very sad story. 😢 Turkey denied until now to recognise the genocide of Greeks. The same does Turkey with Armenians and Assyrians, who had similar fate.