The Tsakones of the Peloponnese (Greece): The Forgotten Bastion

[@jamestregler1584]

Thanks lovely ; we have many Greeks in old New Orleans 😇 !

[@amalialovesicecream]

It's pronounced Tsa'kones They are descendants of the ancient Dorians and they speak Doric.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

My best friend is a Tsakonas - in fact, his very name is Tsakonas: we’ve been best mates since childhood; I’m a Dorian myself (from Doris, in Central Greece, the original homeland of the Dorians before they made their way into the Peloponnese at about the 11th century BCE). In a manner of speaking then, as fellow Dorians, we have a cultural affinity - maybe that’s why we’ve always gotten along! 🙂👍

[@dggmn2109]

The Greeks of present day Athens are not only slavs, bulgarians, macedonians and turks but also Epirotans, Cretans, Thracians, Islanders, Polish, Albanians, Philipinos, Pakistanis, English etc all the people that are ethically or culturally Greek are welcomed to Greece. Tsakones speak an ancient Greek dialect the same do the Pontians, the Cypriots etc.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

You clear have no idea of what you’re talking about.

[@elisavetd381]

Ce sont des connairies que vous dites xa xa xa

[@dggmn2109]

@@dorianphilotheates3769 Thank you for your very informative comment.

[@elisavetd381]

Que cherchez vous diviser les greques mettez de lordre ds votre. Race et apres melez vous des autres

[@Kikap6001]

@dggmn2109 Dna tests prove you right. I am Greek Cypriot

[@annavsmith1]

Nice documentary

[@KaterinaMarios]

Interesting documentary.... I see the faces of my own ancestors here & appreciated all the references & sites. I think reminding us of the previous events are a good thing.... there's nothing really new out there, only yet to be discovered.

[@annavsmith1]

No tourism!! Young Greeks need to learn fishing, farming, building boats, anddd start fishing...again

[@mikel3359]

It is local dialect of Greek language, dialect, dialects, not other language. Achaeans, Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians are the four major branches of the Hellenic(Greek) tribe from ancient times in Ancient Greece. Greeks = Achaeans, Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians.

[@Isxiros100]

Good docco, but dont like the translations from greek to english.

[@ErjolMate]

You forgot to say arvanitas, They are big factor, probably not that big too ,

[@Jessi_apo]

You forgot,to say tourkomoggolalbanians, with out mirrors to see them fase mystery the arberes in,kalabria and the arberist in Greece look like old greeks

[@Pap294-j4l]

Arvanite here. Nothing to do with you.

[@Jessi_apo]

Παλιότερα μίλαγαν τσακώνικα και σε, άλλα μέρη

[@milansavic2803]

Tsa'kones is also greek language but different to "ilinika"

[@ioannapanou3474]

If you. Speak Greak you can aderstand a lot its one of the ancient Greak dialects

[@ermioniburgess8720]

Sorry is still Greek the same as Cypriot.

[@Kurdedunaysiri]

If Slovenian is Russian then Tsakonian is Greek

[@michaelhadjimichael4778]

Yes

[@13471348]

@@Kurdedunaysiri You have to go there to tell them that there are not Greeks because they don' t know this. It so easy to tell your stupidity.

[@milansavic2803]

Slovenian is not russian, but both are from slavic group which makes them very similar

[@EdwardSeymour-v7j]

What card game are they playing?&

[@linobenetti6578]

probably kolitsina or koltsina or maybe dilotí sometimes prefa

[@kerryshultz9766]

When democracy was used in Greece women were not allowed to participate in the Democratic process!

[@elimorales5363]

EL PODER EBREOS EL SALVADOR USA NO GUE RAS NO MORIR SEÑORA PUERTA SERADA TRATA CUIDA TU LUGAR SIN VASURA

[@albanianautoktonus.5067]

Im From Albania and I understand this language tsakonis is similar with Arvanites, This language has nothing to do with grek language.

[@azor8435]

Lol

[@dikeosmariosoumpasis5913]

ΝΑ ΖΑΡΕ ΝΑ ΠΡΗΤΗΡΕ ΤΑ ΘΑΣΑΝ You do not understand anything Albanian liar

[@JimmyTheGreek2000]

They do not speak Albanian, they speak a dialect of Ancient Greece, like the Pontiacs and Cypriots

[@albanianautoktonus.5067]

@@JimmyTheGreek2000 if we Albanian do understand the tsakonis how can you grek understand the language when we have different language grek and Albanian 🙄🙄

[@Kikap6001]

​@@albanianautoktonus.5067Albanian Arvanitika IS NOT greek lol 😂

[@RockOfGreece]

Did he just call athenians slavs ? 😂

[@JimmyTheGreek2000]

He did as he has no sense of Greek History.

[@justinleclairabdullahqasim117]

Tell the Anatolian Greeks forced out of Anatolia that they were being freed of Turkish domination. They were friends with the Muslims they shared their lives with the Turk but today everyone demonizes the Turk and plays politics with the nationalistic desperation.

[@dggmn2109]

Good point as the majority of the anatolian population we islamised Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians etc so called "Turks" etc chistians were friends with muslims are there were the same people.

[@ΑναστασιαΟικονομου-φ3θ]

It's a shame suggesting the greeks of athens are slavs, bulgarians, turks and macedonians!!! Macedonians isn't other tribe that the greeks. And finally learn history! Slavs, bulgarians and turks in Athens! Shame!