Bilingual Greece 🇬🇷 ! A Dance Presentation of 6 Ethnolinguistic Communities (World Dance Series)

[@Sofi-d5k]

I'm a local mix (Arvanite/Cham/Vlach) and I still know the songs in their Greek lyrics. I'm getting emotional now, especially with OsmanTaka and Menoushi! What an amazing research, amazing video as usual..Greetings from NW Greece!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for watching❤

[@soul8938]

So your 75% albanian and 25% latin?😲

[@hulumtuesi63]

If Marko Boçari, Miauli (Andrea Boku), Tzavelas come back to life and tell these people that they spoke Albanian and were Albanians, yet these brainwashed people will consider themselves as “greeks”. I met many Arvanitas who have no knowledge about their roots.

[@zoisbec3602]

Πρακτωρας

[@smalchev]

Vasili, all Balkan countries need people like you! Please continue your work, I just subscribed for your channel and will share it with my friends here in Bulgaria. Nowadays we’re closer to open borders, cultural exchange and brotherhood than ever before. I also think that we all should talk about suppressed groups and also these that’ve been marginalised because our region is too rich in culture and traditions that we should protect and respect ❤ Thank you for channel, I saw how much work you’ve done. Applause 👏

[@gerganatsareva1733]

Bravo from Bulgaria! Great selection of music, thank you for the names of the songs and the translation provided! You are good!!!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for watching!:))

[@Georg.Luso-Grego]

Συγχαρητήρια! Από τις καλύτερες νότιο βαλκανικές συλλογές φολκλόρ που έχω δει κι εύχομαι να συμβάλει ώστε να σπάσουν οι εθνικιστικές και σωβινιστικές προκαταλήψεις! Γιατί οι διάφοροι λαοί παντού και πάντα συνυπήρχαν και συζούσαν μέχρι τους νεώτερους αιώνες όπου δημιουργούνται τα έθνη-κράτη.

[@VasilisDance]

Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@samraosmanovska4077]

Thank you for recognizing we exist. I am so happy to see relations improving and its all because of kind people like you ❤🇲🇰

[@isaac1674]

What is the first song specifically called? I cannot find it without lyrics.

[@miccco.]

@@isaac1674ka mi ispadnala moma Katerina

[@lamprosboussakis9482]

Excellent work Vassili! Keep up the good work, you really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. You bring the peoples of the Balkans together with music and dance. We should concentrate much more on what we have in common.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ivicamkcg]

Absolutely all Balkan countries should have their Vasilis Petropoulos! You are a great man; a true example of openness and tolerance Vasilis! Blessed be the parents who educated you! 🙏💙

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much!!:))

[@cadojccccgghhv4623]

@@VasilisDanceyou should come In August 2025 for my wedding in Albania 🇦🇱 please come 🤩❤️

[@遼-q6i]

Wonderful dance video, thank you, Vasilis! I love Greece from Japan 🇯🇵❤🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much! 🇯🇵🇬🇷❤

[@LirimK]

What a beautiful video! Thank you for showcasing the Çam Albanians and Arvanites in such a beautiful way ❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much !!

[@failet2143]

Other thing Arvanites(the REAL Illyrians and GREEKS) and much more different thing Cams.... Hahahaha go to an other place for soft power propaganda and remember when ur grandfathers feld Turks even not neoAlbanians....

[@endrisk1513]

​@@VasilisDance I was living in greece and I am coming from albania both countries I can say with alot of dissatisfaction that they have the most diverse community,our people have majority of origin in aromanians they original ancestors are from dacia thracia

[@суненеми]

I dug deeper into Balkan music right now, and I love it so far. I've found lots of hidden gems because of your channel. Thank you so much!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for staying here ❤

[@georgesr2584]

I think this is a beautiful display of what the Balkans are truly all about! By remembering that different people lived in different places altogether, we allow for a world with less hatred. Well done Vasili!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 😊

[@RandomGuy-rc6vd]

Amazing as always, Vasilis! We always learn something new from your videos. I never knew Greece had so many ethno-linguistic communities. Thank you for not forgetting about minorities, and showing their beauty to the world! Looking forward for the part 2. Love your channel as a multi-ethnic person from the diverse nation of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿❤🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much!! 🇰🇿 🇬🇷 ❤

[@arjanatafaj5424]

Oti nane eqete mesa ala tin alighia nomizete pos dhen tin kseri o kozmos oli i fustanele ke o foros tu Asman Takes ine arvanitase i Albane ke aku ta idhia tragudhia pu akuga otan imuna mikri akua ke Albanika ravooo orea mono pu emis dhen ehume kamia skesi me svavus ke kazikastan hajde tyluuu forca eladha ta alakses ok diavezete ligo oqi oti sinferi alithiaaa po ereja mostumia telia mu ksipnisane orea pedhika kronja 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@TheOrestian]

Well done Vasilis! Anyone who wants to see similar music, costumes and traditions will see that all of us in the southern Balkans share something in common: both Albanians, Vlachs, Macedonians, Greeks, Bulgarians and Turks. Those who don't want to, will see how different we are and will stand on their chauvinistic sides, denying others.

[@myowngenesis]

I agree 100%. You left out the Serbs though but I cant blame you, the Balkans is the spot where the heaviest cultural symbiosis has taken place, I'm Albanian but for sure if I go back some five six generations I'm sure there was Slavic, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish or even Syrian mix into it. Vasilis is the hope I see for a tolerant future in the Balkans. Great guy, bless him.

[@HK-pp9ig]

Subscribed right away; very surprised to see Albanian “Cham” on a Greek channel. Music is beautiful in the Balkans, and people are welcoming, but they have a history ripe with wars and sufferings, and a lot of resentment against one-another. I love Greek music, I love Slavic music, and I love Albanian music. Let’s hope the region will find peace after all.

[@VasilisDance]

☮🙏❤

[@LordByron1821]

Both the slavs and the turkoalbanisns always impose territorial claims on Hellenic soil. When in fact it was never under their ownership. The reason there will never be peace and the reason why Greece must always be prepared for war!

[@lindak8819]

What do you mean by Slavic music?

[@HK-pp9ig]

@@lindak8819 Bulgarian,

[@myowngenesis]

Amazing perspective. People are people. Treat each other with love and respect, and future generations will bless you

[@Konte1]

As a Pomak from Xanthi, thank you and well done, αδερφέ.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 🙏😊

[@TRBs20_]

Selam my Pomak brother from a Bosniak

[@Konte1]

@@TRBs20_ I tebe selem moy brate

[@Sofi-d5k]

Χαιρετισμούς στην αγαπημένη Ξάνθη και στους Πομακους φίλους μου- από μια Αρβαντισσα (Τσαμισσα?) και Βλάχα!

[@isaac1674]

@@Sofi-d5k μπορείς να μιλάς αρβανίτικα; Και από που είσαι στην Ελλάδα;

[@LilyVain]

Love my Macedonians from the Aegean 🇲🇰☦️☀️🦁👑🔆❤️‍🔥

[@laurentiupacioglu6555]

off, vasilis! if the world will be as you see it: only dance, music, beautifull colours, i would have belive again in humanity...unfortunately you are just a drop of heaven in this crazy world!!! thank you, vasilis for being what you are and doing what you do: a little dancing angel bringing joy, kindness and love in everybody heart....you work is amazing and your parents should be proud of you!!! with love from romania!!!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much for your beautiful words ❤

[@bojan6449]

Bravo Vasil, 🇲🇰 ☦️ 🇬🇷

[@alcedoatthis7032]

Once again beautifully done Vasílis! You are such a hard worker! I didn’t expect a new video so soon! Do you ever sleep? 😜Keep on spreading the joy! 😘

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much! 😊🙏

[@brooklybeli6970]

Love your stuff, man. Keep it up, I'm so glad to see all these different people's finally represented. Much love ❤​🫡​

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 😊

[@elidondervishi7955]

Bravo,me 15 minuta ke përmbledhur shekuj të folklorit të ndërthurur ballkanik 👏👏👏

[@myowngenesis]

Ju lumtë o shok! Tregoni maturi, urtësi, por mbi të gjithash një këndvështrim që për fat të keq ende mungon te shumica e popullatave ballkanase. Njeriu është po ai, pavarsisht grindjeve të së kaluarës.

[@daglarkizi39]

Tebrikler Vasilis, çok başarılı ve güzel oynadın tüm oyunları. Seni uzun zamandır izliyorum. Bazı oyun videolarını, sosyal medya hesabımda paylaşmıştım. Türkiye'den selamlar, sevgiler...

[@VasilisDance]

Çok teşekkür ederim!! ❤

[@kkolok13]

Πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα και υπέροχη δουλειά. Εξαιρετική επίδειξη διαπολιτισμικής και διασυνοριακής αλληλεπίδρασης μεταξύ ομάδων που χρονολογούνται αιώνες πίσω.

[@kkolok13]

Very interesting and great work. Excellent demonstration of cross-cultural and cross-border interaction between groups going back centuries.

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@asadawan259]

Many of the dresses, dance forms and linguistic features are like our northern areas, particularly Kashmir and parts of KPK province. One dress item of men, a short cotton tunic with close fitting pants is very similar to what people of Rajhastan in neighbouring India wear. As I write these lines, folk music of Greece sounds similar to folk music of Rajhastan and area close to Rajhastan in Indian state of Gujarat. Amazing. I will listen to this gem again and do some research. I think remnants of Alexander army settled in different places in the sub- continent. ❤

[@stepgios]

Well that is the problem with ethnic modern states. For millenia the Balkans were part of multiethnic empires where the prime characteristic of a citizen was not language or custom but religion. All modern people try to find their lost roots in ancient times and contradict each other proving nothing of course...So, until some new (or old) political and societal system emerges... let the debate continue.

[@godogodaj4406]

Albanians never had that problem, we stayed together around our language and culture. Greeks and slaves had created their state around religion. They killed all the ones that did not change religion or forcibly removed them from their homes and send them either in Turkey or Albania.

[@bitolcanecc]

@@godogodaj4406 What you mean by name slaves? Czechs, Polish, Russian maybe ?

[@LondonPower]

Another myth about the multinational empires in which each ethnicity had its own quarters in the big cities and the references to it were made with ethnological criteria

[@e-deternaldatabase4721]

Thank you for aromanian dances ...haristo mult frate bunu

[@VasilisDance]

❤❤

[@robertn-77]

Thank you so much for making this video, thank you for recognizing our culture and that we exist. ❤

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for watching

[@НебойшаБлажевски]

RESPECT!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@IzzaCristina]

This channel is so amazing. Congratz. Please make a videos with The brazilian style. We have dozens of typical dance styles 🤗

[@dimitardimitrov661]

Very nice music!Real music for the heart!Congratilations from Bulgaria!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much!

[@bitolcanecc]

Bravo Vasili that you are trying to do all this videos, and represent Greece like normal country

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 😊

[@adrianzinizin9027]

Thank you very much! Stronger together than apart 🫶

[@VasilisDance]

♥️♥️

[@pellumbsaraci1326]

It's very very nice , all are people. Bravo.

[@MsMagicWordS]

Hi, Vasilis! Thank you for the video. If you could make a video about the Greco - Italian songs, music and dialect I would be very much obliged! ❤

[@VasilisDance]

It would be a very beautiful video, it is definitely on my list :))

[@Ane-y5p]

O boze Makedonski pod koza odi❤,Zdrav da si ti koj ova go stavi da go slusnime,nasche Makedonsko drevno ubavo❤

[@KyranaPalla]

The video is incredible, well done for the amazing work! Any idea where we can find the songs? Zaramo with slavic lyrics is stuck in my head!!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much! I have the song names on the top right of the video! :))

[@isaac1674]

@@VasilisDanceI can’t find it, can you link the specific song?

[@miccco.]

"Ka mi ispadnala moma Katerina" is the first song

[@romel3167]

Vassily , thank you for presenting the songs and dances of MACEDONIA. Excellent selection. You are an admirable artist.BRAVO ❤

[@ioannapanou3474]

Those are Greek dances Greek songs in slavik or Albanian laguages They are adapted Slaves came down 800 years after Alexader Makedonia is one and is and always was Greek

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

​@vasilmirmidonski2740it seems that YOUHOLD THE TRUTH..?Twisted to your propaganda..

[@jeffkarin7894]

Macedonia is a Greek region and this video is not about Greece Greeks, but about Greece's foreign minorities.

[@aurelcaka5819]

​@@jeffkarin7894Pikërisht kjo që shkruani,U kushtohet minoriteteve,që jetojnë në Greqi,(Pavarësisht se shteti Grek nuk njeh asnjë minoritet,Gjithësesi problemi është i tyre,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Themi të vërtetën dhe s'kemi frikë nga asgjë,,,,,,,,,)

[@vilimihova8773]

Stop with your Macedonian propaganda. You are not Alexander the Great decsedants. You are just Slavs. You dont even know Greek

[@alifarrid]

Amazing, i always love your perform

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much!

[@Gerico9008]

Respect Vasilis for opening our hearts! I love the the arvanite folkloric songs.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@isaac1674]

What is the first Macedonian song called?

[@суненеми]

Ка ми испаднала мома катерина, copy if you want

[@lenatodeva-dw9uf]

Well done! Greece finally recognized its ethnic minorities!

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

I definetly want to see a part 2...

[@Blondie97367]

Great job 👏 keep going ❤❤❤

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you! 😃

[@skydivision1]

Thank you very much Vasilis... this time, I also love "your personal note" (as you called it, under the video), YOU may be the only (1) artist (of all youtube channels I've seen in a decade) saying what you're saying, and that's sooooooo beautiful : ) (cit.) "Greece, like any state in the world, must protect and take care of every citizen and group its borders have... (cause) like all states, Greece (too) has made mistakes with its own people and especially those people I presented (in this video) don't enjoy the right of self-determination and are marginalized..." (end cit.) Of course, beautiful presentation but in my "view" you also beautifully explained the "truth", with few simple words... let me say it again : ) this video... beautiful, as always, as all your presentations you published so far, but what is Greece alone, Balkans, even Europe seems so "small"... you even did one presentation "inspired by Silk Road"... I remember, couldn't stop smiling then (2-3 years ago) you were determined to dance at least 6000 km, I saw you started dancing in China, then crossing the Himalayas, reaching India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistanin, Turkmenistan, which regions else... the Armenian highlands, some regions of Kurdistan etc etc. dancing and dancing, what a tireless dancer, until you reached Constantinople : ) - - - few years ago, in another comment, I wrote - - - Videography of Vasilis means "peace", for example, he calls the Balkans "the most beautiful peninsula of Europe, but at the same time the most complicated and troubled...". In one of his videos, for the Balkan peoples he stated: (cit.) "...the message (of my video) is very simple one; PEACE! The Balkans is considered the powder keg of Europe, the keg ready to explode at any time. We must throw away this infamous title and work towards a brighter future. Work towards PEACE. Through this video I hope you can see that all the peoples of the Balkans are so similar to each other. War (verbally, or even worse, in reality) brings nothing at the end. We eat the same things, we have the same mentality, the same instruments, we have similar dances and rhythms, the list of 'Balkan similarity' goes on. We are powerful if we are all united, not divided." (end cit.) With his work, Vasilis as if "insists" that the entire cultural development and advancement of humanity is actually the "same frame", as if everything is one "global dance", as if the world is a balancing dance of the cultural "mosaic" itself ( with the "dance mosaic" I meant... all videos published about dances, I was thinking back then about his entire channel : )

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you so much! Great words ♥️

[@georgevatsos]

6:35 Από πότε ξέρει ο Heinz Doofenshmirtz να τραγουδάει στα Βλάχικα;😂

[@VasilisDance]

😂😂😂

[@haroulatodoulos1246]

Excellent video Vasili!🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you !!

[@arjandino9106]

As said Teodoros Pangallos(former grek foreign minister) Greks and Albanians are relatives living from centuries close to each-other and diferent from slavic people like Macedonians and Pomaks. You need only to look their dances, music and dresses(fustanella p.e) how are similar. Some similarities including also Aromanians.

[@pplectro]

Hello Vasílis. I would like to suggest that you make a video about Spanish dances. Thank you so much from Spain.

[@VasilisDance]

@@pplectro I promise ! 💯 Thank you for watching.

[@pplectro]

@@VasilisDance 😉😉

[@Gkogkas]

Aromanians we are not “ethnic group” we are Latin speaking Greeks from Epirus and Makedonia.

[@e-deternaldatabase4721]

You are brainwashed out of mind

[@lindak8819]

You think of yourself like that. But don't put that label on Aromanians/Vlahs who feel they are and are an ethnic group.

[@Gkogkas]

@@lindak8819 Learn some history.We was never an ethnic group to be now.Our DNA analysis shows our Greek DNA and our origins,culture and blood speaks.

[@samraosmanovska4077]

@@Gkogkas DNA analysis shows that we Macedonians are also Greek. This doesnt mean we need or should identify as such. Also to remind you, Aromanians exist throughout the entire greater region of Macedonia. By labelling all of them Greek, you are erasing their culture too.

[@Gkogkas]

@@samraosmanovska4077 First of all,you are Slavs and not Makedonians.Secondly,Vlachs in Krushevo and Bitola are in Greek ministry and only some in north Skopje say that are not Greeks.Also they have same culture as us and it’s Greek culture.All of them had immigrated from Moscopole and mountains of Grammos in Skopje.

[@Bobbysky1]

Браво Василис ,прави си мајстор своје струке.Увек сам одушевљен када те витим како играш.И ја сам пре играо у фолклору разне игре Србије и бивше Југославије.Свака ти част брате,и волим Грчку и ваш народ.🇬🇷🇷🇸❤

[@VasilisDance]

Хвала пуно!!!! 🙏❤

[@myowngenesis]

Huge praise to the uploader for this. This attempt at celebrating the diamond that is cultural diversity is sadly too rare to see in the Balkans, and it made me happy to see it. The ethno purists should be ashamed, yes we had problems hundred years ago, but we should not perpetuate needless conflict today, it's pointless. Teach people mutual respect and the ability to appreciate the culture of the other. So at least I give you top marks for this, may we all come together like one great Balkans family❤

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 🙏 😊

[@vickyk1861]

Πολυ ενδιαφέρον και ενημερωτικο βιντεο, συγχαρητήρια

[@VasilisDance]

Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ.

[@gotse9354]

Love and respect 🇲🇰🫶🏻🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

💯♥️

[@ekinerkocak5951]

severek izliyorum seni 👏👏👏👍👍👍vasilis türkiye den selamlar kardesim

[@VasilisDance]

Selamlar, teşekkür ederim!! 🙏

[@yianniathanasopoulos]

Συγχαρητήρια βασιλάκη αυτή την ταινία ειναι τεράστιο πράγμα που έχεις κάνει και δεν ήξερα πως η Ελλάδα είχε τόσες κοινότητες Φιλλάκια από το Γιάννη στην Αυστραλία

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@yianniathanasopoulos]

⁠20 χρόνια χώνευα εδώ στο Σύδνεϊ για την Παν Μακεδονική Ένωση της ΝΝΟ. Βλέπω της ταινίας εδώ και με δίνει χαρά.

[@justinio8450]

You did a good job brother. It always feels good to watch you.

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 😊

[@myowngenesis]

If it's not too much to ask, what is the name of the Turkish singer who is singing the Suleyman aga and Kamber song? Her voice is too good, it may not be the same singer though.

[@VasilisDance]

I am sending you both of the links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jondf3iFd5mnoa8si=o_nQQOY6GgK_vzI7 & kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHfSlqeYfZt2gJYsi=-1xWmYFUZSMzzOBW

[@myowngenesis]

@@VasilisDance you're almost too good to be true my good man🙏🙏🙏, thanks for this, and thanks for giving me hopes for humanity. Wish you the best❤️

[@VasilisDance]

@@myowngenesis Thank you so much ❤

[@saebica]

Haristo multu cã bãgash cãntitsi sh'giocuri armãneshtsã! Thank you for putting Aromanian songs and dances! S'bãneadzã Armãnamea! Long live Aromanians PS: Makedo-Aromanians, because we're not related to Romanians

[@VasilisDance]

Haristo multu ♥️

[@Oropos1821]

You are related to romanian language but you are a part of greco roman culture. Vlachoi/aromanian are autochton tribe of balkan like geto/dacian people or illyrian. You lived for centuries in epiros makedonia region and you are byzantin by culture and religion. Romanian people are a mix of greek/roman and geto/dacian tribe. Român = roman eastern empire 🇷🇴🇬🇷 ☦️ the Greek revolution starting in valachia ✌️

[@saebica]

@@Oropos1821 we're not related at all to the Romanian language. We are old Macedonian Thracians who have been Latinised and Hellenised. We've never had the Zalmoxian cult, so we're not related to Getae-Dacians. You are related to us as Getae-Dacians were a smaller Thracian tribe. Our cultures are almost totally different

[@Oropos1821]

@@saebica yes if you are macedonian you are Dorian (Greek tribe) and not hellenised and thracian tribe have common caracteristic with geto dacian tribes ! Iam greek 🇬🇷

[@saebica]

@@Oropos1821 I'm a Vlach born in Romania. Ancestors came from Bulgaria. Most probably they came from Greece

[@kamrandance]

YES VASILI AGAIN ANOTHER HIT I’m very much looking forward to Part 2 featuring the Romani and Sephardim

[@DimitrisLamprogiotas]

Βασίλη Μπράβο άψογος σε ευχαριστώ που έβαλες τον σύλλογο μου Σύλλογο Μεγάλο Λιβαδιωτών Πάικου στα Βλάχικα

[@VasilisDance]

Άψογος είναι ο σύλλογος. Ευχαριστώ πολύ που παρακολουθήσατε!

[@ΝικόλαςΞεροβάσιλας]

Από τα αγαπημένα μου βίντεο που έχεις βγάλει, και καλες εκτελέσεις τραγουδιών

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@JanSopa-sk8re]

What is the Name of this Woman who sings ghini vinjits oaspitslji amelji

[@VasilisDance]

Flori Gartu :)

[@saebica]

Florentina Gârțu(Gartsu)

[@TIC-Skenderbeg69]

wow this is beautiful, thank you for your kindness to all the different cultures residing in Greece, I hope we can wash the litlle bad blood thats still between us all away some time.

[@alberthaka6527]

Bravo Vasili 👏

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!

[@kyrpousin]

Έγραψα πολλά δεν ξέρω αν τα διαβάσει κανείς αλλά πιστεύω πως έπρεπε να ειπωθούν. Βασίλη, ως ντόπιος από την Αλμωπία που ασχολείται πάρα πολύ με την παράδοση της Μακεδονίας έχω να σου πω πως πολλά από τα τραγούδια που έδειξες στο βίντεο δεν είναι ντόπια μακεδονικά αλλά εισαγόμενα από πάνω. Π.χ. Το moma odi za voda δεν έχει καταγραφεί σε καμία περιοχή της ελληνικής Μακεδονίας, το ubava kalina προέρχεται από την Βουλγαρία από το Πιρίν. Η Σόφκα έχει αμφιλεγόμενη καταγωγή αλλά αν είναι όντως από τη Γουμένισσα τότε σε διαβεβαιώ ότι η συγκεκριμένη εκτέλεση που έβαλες στο βίντεο δεν είναι η παραδοσιακή αλλά κάποια έντεχνη έκδοση από τα Σκόπια. Το filka moma είναι επίσης δημιούργημα των σκοπιανών και το παρουσίασαν ως "Egejko Makedonsko" δηλαδή ότι έχει καταγωγή από την ελληνική Μακεδονία αλλά δεν ισχύει. Τα μόνα τραγούδια που είναι ελάχιστα παραδοσιακά είναι το ka mi ispadnala αλλά και αυτό επεξεργάστηκε στα Σκόπια και το jano janovice που ίσως υπήρχε στην περιοχή. Το ζάικο σαν τραγούδι δεν προέρχεται από δω αλλά κι αυτό από πάνω. πλήρως παραδοσιακά τραγούδια της Μακεδονίας είναι π.χ. Viena loza, popova kerka, sareni tsurapi, stani stanke, suleimanovo, otfori leno και από Φλώρινα το na tumba turtsi, snosti se riska armasa και ίσως το sto mi e merak poljak da bidam και το ej mori dano. Επίσης θα ήθελα να σου πω πως το "ethnic macedonians", το "slavic macedonians" και το οτί είμαστε εθνική μειονότητα πληγώνουν τον ντόπιο. Είμαστε γλωσσική μειονότητα, μιλάμε τα "ντόπικα" (που είναι μόνο προφορική γλώσσα), νιώθουμε και είμαστε εθνικά Έλληνες (εκτός από κάποιες μικρές εξαιρέσεις κυρίως στην περιοχή της Φλώρινας). μπράβο για τη δουλειά σου πάντως!

[@lindak8819]

Όλο το σχόλιό σου είναι μια αντίφαση. Αν πιστεύετε ότι υπάρχουν μόνο λίγοι άνθρωποι που νιώθουν Μακεδονία και είναι μόνο στη Φλώρινα, κάνετε δυστυχώς λάθος. Αυτή είναι η επίσημη ελληνική προπαγάνδα. Η πραγματικότητα είναι άλλο πράγμα. Δεν μπορείς να είσαι «σλαβόφωνος» Έλληνας. Η γλώσσα λέγεται μακεδονική και αν μιλάτε τη γλώσσα προφανώς έχετε μακεδονική κληρονομιά

[@andrewtalks966]

If someone speaks Macedonian, he is Macedonian. Oppression and propaganda make him think that he is something else, unfortunately.

[@kyrpousin]

​@@lindak8819 ώστε δεν υπάρχω, η οικογένεια μου δεν υπάρχει, το χωριό μου δεν υπάρχει κανείς δνε υπάρχει. Όλοι είμαστε Βούλγαροι. Τέλεια ευχαριστώ για την ενημέρωση

[@gnas1897]

Η Σόφκα είναι ντόπιας προέλευσης από την Γουμένισσα, αλλά όπως λέει και ο Γιαννάκης ο Ζλατάνης μάλλον δεν είναι τόσο «παραδοσιακό» όσο παρουσιάζεται συχνά αλλά βασισμένο στο Ράικο. Το Ζάικο έχει καταγραφεί ως χορός της δικιάς μας μεριάς αλλά ναι όντως αυτά τα λόγια γράφτηκαν στην Γιουγκοσλαβία.

[@kyrpousin]

@@gnas1897 Η σόφκα σαν τραγούδι και σαν μελωδία πολύ πιθανό να είναι όντως απο τη γουμένισσα, αλλά ο χορός είναι επιβεβαιωμένα φτιαχτός και νομίζω δημιουργήθηκε από τον Τριαντάφυλλο Ασαρτζή, κλαριντζή και χορευταρά της Γουμένισσας. Το ράικο σαν μουσική είναι σύνθεση του Ζλατάνη με επιρροές από τα Σκόπια και ο χορός πιθανότατα προήλθε από το γρήγορο μέρος από το τικφεσκο. Το ζάικο σαν μελωδία είναι τοπική και παιζόταν από τα χρόνια του Μακεδονικού αγώνα ορχηστρικά. Τα λόγια δημιουργήθηκαν στα Σκόπια και τραγουδήθηκαν από τον Sarievski. Υπήρχε και ένας διαφορετικός χορός για το ζάικο που χάθηκε, μετά χορευόταν ως ράμνα-ζάραμο και πρόσφατα (γύρω στο 80-90') δημιουργήθηκε ο σημερινός χορός είτε εδώ είτε στα Σκόπια.

[@abdullohholmatov6734]

Have you ever played the "Andijan polka"?

[@VasilisDance]

I promise a video for Uzbekistan very soon! ❤

[@francescoformica2250]

0:38 This song in Albania is known for being Macedonian 🇲🇰, is it from Macedonia, the region of Greece?

[@ΝικόλαςΞεροβάσιλας]

North Macedonia has nothing to do with actual Macedonia, geographically and ethnically. Skopje, Vardaska or Western Bulgaria. This song is from the Slavs that lived in Western Macedonia, todays place belonging to Greece, and still some of them do. Geographically North Macedonia has nothing to do with Ancient Macedonia because there were other genes living above them like Dalmatians. Because these Slaves used to live in Macedonian grounds and they were pushed away. They thought they should name their place also Macedonia. Macedonia is an ancient Greek kingdom and they spoke Greek. They are Slavs affected by Yugoslavia speaking the same language as Bulgarians

[@LilyVain]

It's from Macedonia 🇲🇰

[@hyacinthe7]

Το κομμάτι που ξεκινάει στο 02:50 από ποιο τραγούδι είναι;

[@VasilisDance]

Είναι το "jano janovice". Στο συγκεκριμένο βίντεο είναι από τον Χρήστο Τσιπάρη: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpKxq2Rtj5ikoKssi=yHYWhVUAC_3FwJWt

[@kyrpousin]

Η εισαγωγή από το jano janovice, είναι επίσης πολύ γνωστό θέμα ως πουστσενο στην Φλώρινα

[@hyacinthe7]

@@kyrpousin πούστσενο δηλαδή ;

[@kyrpousin]

​@@hyacinthe7 ναι

[@hyacinthe7]

@@kyrpousin Δεν με κατάλαβες. Ρωτάω τι θα πει αυτή η λέξη.

[@cengizacici6036]

Vasilis again great job❤❤❤😘

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you very much 😊

[@juliebubev8991]

Beautiful, thankyou for sharing the many ethnic minorities of Greece, wonderful :-)

[@kdzekov]

What is the difference between macedonian slavic and bulgarian from Thrace (Rhodope mountains) ?

[@the.macedonian4021]

Macedonians was are and will be Macedonians, Bulgarians are Macedonianized Tatars That’s the difference.

[@kdzekov]

@@the.macedonian4021 It is about languages.

[@pelagonianlion8276]

Pomaks are Muslims. Macedonian Slavs are Orthodox Christians. Plus, Pomaks do not come from the region of Macedonia, where is the Macedonians Slavs. Linguistically they have a Slavic linguistic dialect continuum.

[@kyrpousin]

@@the.macedonian4021 so everyone is makedonski! very good da zive makedonija !!!!!!!!!! british people are also macedonian

[@lindak8819]

Macedonian is more different than Bulgarian than Serbian is from Croatian. Does that mean that Serbian and Croatian aren't languages? Such a ridiculous comment.

[@AndreD-tf9vn]

whats the name of the last song?

[@VasilisDance]

İskeçe karşılama!

[@corrado1675]

Bravo Vasilis. Molto interessante.

[@VasilisDance]

Grazie!!

[@AdrianChatzi]

Very cool! Still Hope for greece,now Turkey Sould do the Same ! Where are WE Pontians the bigest minority ? We are hellenized lazs ❤

[@angeloangelou8699]

Τέλειο !!!

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@lekjaku7378]

Sperò ché darei anche musica epica di nord albania, musica vera e non quella commerciale. In nord albania si canta per eroi come in Iliade di Homero. Anche polifonia labe di sud albania senza strumenti musicali è come portarsi dietro in tempo di Homero ché uomo produceva musica solo da combinazione di voci. Ricordo ché Polifonia Labe è Patrimonio Mondiale del Umanità per sua unicità. Sei Grande Vasilis! Un abbraccio da Milano!

[@melishousseinoglou1999]

Bravo Vasilis and thank you for showing the balkan turks ❤️

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@Hellenic_ionian08]

Πώς λέγεται το τραγούδι που ακούγεται πρώτο πρώτο στους Σλαβομακεδόνες? Η τραγουδίστρια έχει πολύ ωραία φωνή και ψάχνω να το ακούσω ολόκληρο.

[@VasilisDance]

Είναι το "ka mi ispadnala moma Katerina" από την Έδεσσα. Τραγουδάει η Γκαμπριέλα Γιανούσεφσκα kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGHJiHd3apakr6c

[@Hellenic_ionian08]

@@VasilisDance ευχαριστώ πολύ, είναι τέλειο

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Brilliant again Vasilis!

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!

[@LyubkaZdravkova]

Bravo! 🇧🇬❤🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Blagodarya!! 💚

[@LyubkaZdravkova]

Respect! Vous devrez continuer Votre projet. On l' attend avec impatience. Chapeau!

[@LyubkaZdravkova]

C'est tres gentille de dire en bulgare "blagodarya". Merci bien.

[@BlueLena]

Vasilis if you are going to honour the Prespa agreement and address Slavic Macedonians as "ethnic Macedonians" and their Slavic dialects as linguistically Macedonian, then you have to address the entirety of the Prespa agreement and also clarify that their "Macedonian ethnicity and language" bears no lingual, historical and cultural connection whatsoever to the Ancient Macedonian heritage of Greece and that they officially abdicate from all claims to it. If you are going to talk about the drama of the Cham Albanians being deported, you should also mention that the reason for it was that the Cham Albanians had willingly collaborated with Fascist Italy and the Nazis to fight against Greece under promises that they would take Thesprotia from the Greek state and give it to Albania.

[@Alexg4717]

Very good statement. I would also add to your comment that the slavic macedonians can not be called "ντόπιοι=local" for a simple reason. The slavs are not natives in Macedonia, not even in the Balkans. They got this name to separate them from the Greeks of asia Minor. To call them ντόπιοι is historically wrong.

[@mertcelikoglu487]

I asked locals from all around the world they said okay from now they will ask you to decide how many years needed to be local to regions Also i spoke with chams and they ask you if any greeks around the world made any willingly collaboration with bloody imperialist invaders and if these must be spoken while talking about greek massacres btw they sure no need to speak about it while showing traditional dances

[@BlueLena]

@@mertcelikoglu487 Yes sure you “spoke”. You’re not making any sense but I will just tell you this - exactly, it is a video about traditional dances but Vasilis here either out of will or out of poor judgement manages to make it political by painting the picture of “evil Greek state” and ends up departing hugely from the Greek stance on certain political issues that are relevant as we speak. And whoever Greeks may have or have not collaborated with in order to get back the control of their historical lands from INVADERS, they have never collaborated with fucking Nazis :)

[@Alexg4717]

@@mertcelikoglu487 If you want to start a discussion than please dont speak with that ironic tone. The slavs are not local in Macedonia. I have pontic greek ancestry and my ancestors came 1924 to Macedonia. So 100 years now in Macedonia. Are we local after 100 years? Of course not but tell me what do you think? Are we local?

[@mertcelikoglu487]

⁠​⁠@@Alexg4717hi friend Are your ancestors local to pontos?

[@nergisfrtna9598]

Pomak from my mother's side and Turk from my father's side, I'm deeply connected to Xanthi.

[@VasilisDance]

Beautiful to hear! :))

[@Toni.Bidoni]

Vasili is showcasing that Greece is not Greece without the representation of minorities that have been marginalized by the government as it threatens the “Greek” identity. I can’t speak for the other minorities except for the Arvanites and Cham Albanians whom contributed greatly to the culture, music, history and language. Arvanites language was spoken widely in Greece until the assimilation after our people helped fight the Ottomans to give Greec its independence. Minority rights are represented in Northern Macedonia and Albania but not in Greece as you are either Greek because you are Orthodox which means Greek yet Orthodoxy is all around the Balkans. Changing of names given by parents because they don’t sound Greek is another massacre that Greece has employed to thwart any minority rights. Just enjoy the dances and music please.

[@Jessi_apo]

Toni bitoni μιλάς για Τουρκία εκεί έχει 72, minorities alla oles oi, χώρες έχουν, minorities

[@Dinosaur315]

Here we go again with the BS from our neighbors.. It's not like Albania doesnt have minorities. In fact, it has a lot, like, A LOT of vlachs, included those who assimilated.

[@HK-pp9ig]

Chams did not contribute to the Greek state; on the contrary, Orthodox Chams were assimilated within the Greek society, willingly and unwillingly, while Muslim Chams were first expulsed to Turkey after WW1 when Greece gained Epirus and Macedonia from retreating Ottoman Empire, then again in 1940s WW2 and after Albanian Muslims( aka Chams) were k!lled, confiscated and stripped of their properties in Greece and expelled toward Albania. Most Albanian Muslims there supported Italy’s attack on Greece, as Italy would have annexed most of Epirus in behalf of Albania. So no Chams were left alive in Greece. Arvanites is totally a different story; Arvanites originate from Medieval Albania, Principality of Arbanon, they are Greek Orthodox in religion, and speak a Medieval Albanian language, and share the DNA with modern-day Albanians, but they do not accept Albanian identity, political and societal pressure, they in many cases are the most prominent anti-Albanians within Albanian hate groups in Greece. Albanians and the world consider Arvanites people and Arvanite language as Albanian heritage. They are well integrated in the Greek society and have contributed massively in the modern Greek state since the revolution of 1821.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

Tonight Bidoni How without these minorities Greece wouldn't have been Greece Have you asked the arvanites or the Vlachs how they feal about their identities ?They will tell you Greek 99% Concerning Chams ,its another story as with the first chance the had they collaborated with Nazjs Fascists to create "The Principality of Epiros "during the WW2 ,having killed ,rampage,steal,rape all the non Muslims of the area greeks and chums there were transported in the safety of the Albanian stares to avoid reprisals. Which assimilation your talking the people of those linguistic minorities were above all feeling greeks .......and still do so . In any rule there could be very few which it seems to me that youare making THE RULE FROM THE EXEMPTION

[@Gerico9008]

Greece is a great country of shame! Shame on you little chauvinist country. Free Chameria and I hope that the arvanites wake up.

[@natalia.marina]

Geia sou Vasili mou, poly oraia syllogi ekanes! Ap' ta tourkika m' aresoun poly ta roumeliotika. Allios kai ta makedonika ki' alla❤❤❤

[@VasilisDance]

Efxaristo poli!!

[@WhiteMarbleCity]

Hello, from Turkmenistan. Can you made a video about Turkmenistan. Se parakalo..🇹🇲🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Salam, tanşanymyza şat. 🇹🇲 🇬🇷 It is definitely on my list!!

[@WhiteMarbleCity]

​@@VasilisDanceoh thanks my friend, so good to understand that our culture is interesting for the European people

[@axoyaxtamatrakkhija6137]

Vasilis, thank you so much for aknowledging there are ethnic Turks in Greece, unlike the official state policy stating they are only a muslim minority.

[@Ane-y5p]

Makedonskite ti se za duscha❤,blagodaram id se srce za tvojot Respekt za nas Makedoncite,Respekt za tebe prijatele❤

[@суненеми]

Има македонска клавиатура с ќирилица, зошто се пишеш на латиница?

[@peaceal8411]

❤ wow 👌

[@aivalistavro]

Μπράβο Βασίλη για τον χορό και για την εκπαίδευση. Χαιρετισμούς από την Μελβούρνη.

[@VasilisDance]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!

[@andrewtalks966]

Even different language, its still Greek dance and culture. Not every country has to accept and take care of such different things. I enjoyed the music and landscapes, thank you Vasilis !!!

[@MacedonianGrace]

It's MACEDONIAN tradition and culture. Egoism is not needed anymore but tolerance and respect for Macedonia and Macedonians.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

​@@MacedonianGracecorrectly as you mention for Macedonia and Macedonians Thie problem with your comment is that Who is A Macedonian? A Bulgaroslavophone or a Grecophone ? It seems that for you the history is twisted by the communist ideology of Titos era

[@HK-pp9ig]

Vasilis is doing a great job, not the Greek government. Greek government has been repressive toward minorities, and has pursued their assimilation in the best case, or expelled and suppressed minorities.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

@@HK-pp9ig which minorities you have in mind that they have expelled or repressed can you be precise ? I wonder what has happened to the greek minorities in North Macedonia, Albania ,Eastern Romylia ,Konstantinopoli

[@HK-pp9ig]

@@dimitriosvlissides5781 I do not knwo what happened to Greeks in Skopje (FYROM), Greeks in Turkey were exchange for Balkan Muslims, the majority of Muslims in Epirus were Albanians, they were expelled by force by the Greek government in 1922/23, and those who remained were expulsed in 1945 with the excuse that they collaborated with Italy attacking Greece (I can't blame them for collaborating with Italians). Orthodox Greeks, Orthodox Albanians, RusoPontus, Armenians, Georgians, Circasians, Levantine Orthodox people, and many more, were exchanged with Balkna Muslims, and Greece called all Orthodox people in Ottoman Empire to go to Greece as an Orthodox state. This altered the new modern Greek society. Read, Germans, the French and other academics and diplomats how the fabric of Greek society changed after the big population swap with Republic of Turkey in 1922/1923. Konstantinoploli was taken by the Ottomans in 1453... the city had changed its old Orthodox status since then, it wasn't Greek, further more, it was not Greek in 1453 either, because Bulgarians, Serbs and others occupied the throne of the Byzantium... it was the East Roman Empire... that's why Greeks, Bulgarians and other Orthodox people in the Balkans were called Romeoi. German diplomats who went to Greece to incite and support the war of independence were disappointed with locals having no "Greek" identity and no desire to revolt against the sultan. The Orthodox Patriarch in Konstantinople ruled the spiritual life of Romeoi people, and he reported to the sultan as the head of state. It was a dark time for all Orthodox people, many converted to escape high taxes, or to use the system; during those times, many Greeks left cities and lived a substinence life in the mountains, many became "comittes" (kachacks/TR) or bandits, making a living by attacking caravans and living a very asketic life away from the reach of Ottoman soldiers.

[@ОлесяБакшеева-к1э]

Какой вы молодец, Василий!

[@VasilisDance]

Спасибо большое!!

[@USAlbanian]

These are some really beautiful songs and dances. I think you’re doing a wonderful job representing other communities that live in Greece which some of them are by large numbers. It’s about time the Greek government recognizes minorities as its people. I don’t understand how you can be a part of an EU country and still not recognize their rights, that’s outrageous and discriminatory.

[@Dinosaur315]

Our government doesnt really care. They also dont recognize unique greek minorities who speak a different form of hellenic, such as tsakonian. They'll rather recognize LGBT than cultural treasure.

[@Teuta25Teuta]

@@Dinosaur315 unfortunately, this is the truth,... Arvanites, it is not known for what reason, were degraded as an ethnic group, they began to be ashamed of their ancestry, which was actually a lineage of famous warriors. Even in these comments that I read, there are many Slavs, Turks, Vlachs, but I don't see any comments about Arvanitas, the only one with the last name Arvaniti, he was also looking for a Macedonian Slavic song.. how sad, when you see that a once glorious people, make you so low, even lower than the people who have no homeland, Romani... like their brothers in Italy, they are different from each other, they have a great pride that they are former fighters who broke the ribs of the strongest empire of the time ,Ottomans...

[@gnas1897]

Well to be fair the grand majority of these people don't want to be recognised as ethnic minorities. Almost all Slavophones and Vlachs consider themselves ethnic Greeks, the same goes for more or less all Arvanites. The true problem is the Pomaks, who are unfortunately recognised as ethnic Turks even though they're not that. They're forced to learn Turkish at school (they're native language is a dialect of Bulgarian).

[@ERLImas]

Success Vasilis 🇲🇾❤🇯🇵❤🇬🇷

[@VasilisDance]

Thank you!!

[@efshetaeverteta2474]

Faleminderit Βασίλη ❤❤

[@cadojccccgghhv4623]

I love the Albanian arvanite parts ❤️

[@mertcelikoglu487]

Dedicated to the beautiful Turks of Western Thrace, who have been silenced about their identity, religion and name. Also dedicated to the memory of hundreds of thousands of innocent Turkish people m@ss@cred and displaced throughout the Balkans, for whom no one feels sorry or remembers. Thank you Vasili

[@Blondie97367]

Respect 🫶🏻❤️‍🔥

[@silenceofharmony]

❤🙏🙏🙏 Balkans Turkish community

[@AlbanoiDardaniaillyrian]

Wonderful Dance thank you 🤍CHAM - ALBANIANS - ARVANITES -Albanian nice greetings from ( Albanoi AL) ( DardaniaXK )

[@HK-pp9ig]

Arvanites are Greek, and Cham Albanian people were eradicated, expulsed, or k!led by the Greek government. The remaining Chams live in Albania proper or Turkey. Arvanites share the same DNA and language with Albanians, but for historical, political and religious reasons they do not identify and do not accept their Albanian heritage.

[@Dinosaur315]

​@@HK-pp9ig Many Arvanites have mixed with the locals though so DNA wise they are not that similar. It's something like the further away a subgroup of a population is from their homeland the lesser their genetic kinship with the people of their homeland is, unless they were really, really conservative, but in the case of arvanites, not so much.

[@sosatoni8573]

Is there any Greek in Greece 😅 long life Ilirian peoples ✌️

[@yllidomi2772]

Came arvanitikia sono stesso popoli parlano stesso lingua e dialetto non fai spiritoso importanza stano bene tutti comunità 🤝​@@HK-pp9ig

[@HK-pp9ig]

@@yllidomi2772 You got it all wrong my friend... Chams are Muslim Albanians from Epirus; while Arvanites are Greek community of Albanian ancestry (DNA), customs and language. Arvanites date from 11th century onward; with the massive migration of Slavs in south-east Europe, Albanians and other local people were pushed down south. Slavs reached deep into Greece and Epirus, along with them came the Romanians (Vlachs from Vlachia). Many people in Epirus, both Greek and Albanian side of the border have Slavic DNA and they are respectively Orthodox and Muslims, and they date prior to Ottoman invasion of Greece and Albania. Cham is most probably a name for Muslim Albanians in Epirus based in the pine forests in the region... pine tree is translated "cam" in Turkish. There is no other meaning; otherwise Albanians are called "Arnaut" and Greeks are called "Junan" because of the Ionian sea. Ionian sea (Deti Jon) most probably from Albanian language, just like "Mare Nostrum" for the Latins. Latins had their sea, Albanians had their own sea, Greece had the Egean sea.

[@DrLjub816]

The songs of the Slavic Macedonians in Greece are exactly the same as the ones in today North Macedonia.

[@marinaivanovska487]

Macedonians are not Greek Bulgarian Serbian or Albanian. The language is only Macedonian and the people identify as Macedonian. Slavic Macedonian is incorrect, since Greeks identify as one due to language Greek and language Macedonian is a different language.. Greeks and Macedonians can not understand each other different alphabets..

[@sgourkon8742]

Monkeydonia is a Slavic country. Is in the place where Paonia used to be. Later it called Dardania. Never Macedonia. Monkeydonian language is a Bulgarian idiom mixed with Serbian. Monkeydonians had Bulgarian conscience before Tito brainwashed them. Macedonia is just a regional name that came after 2nd Balkan war. ( Greece and Serbia vs Bulgaria) North Macedonia= West Bulgaria. Cheers.

[@DrLjub816]

@@sgourkon8742 Why do the natives in Macedonia have the same language songs and culture as the ones in North Macedonia if the people in North Macedonia are not Macedonians ? If Tito brainwashed them then why are there people like Gorgija Puleski or Dinitrija Cupovski who were born before Tito and yet declared themselves as ethnic Macedonians ? How can Macedonia be a regional name that came after 2nd Balkan War when there were Macedonian movements such as IMRO, MRO SMRO and uprisings like the Macedonian uprising in 1878 which was decades before the Balkan wars ? If the language was Bulgarian why the "western dialects" are not included in the modern standardized Bulgarian language ? Everything you said was wrong you can call them monkeydonians but they are still the natives of Macedonia.

[@LordByron1821]

​@marinaivanovska487 Macedonians are Greek since antiquity! What's NOT Greek are the slavobulgarians of Former Yugoslavia who Purposely named themselves Macedonian in order to impose territorial claims against Greece. When in fact historically they are MACEDONIAN NOTHING!

[@neamnervi]

The songs of the Slavic Macedonians in Greece are exactly the same as today Bulgaria! Guess why?