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Zervos

Greek folk dance.

About Zervos

Zervos (Greek: Ζερβός) is the name of a folk dance in Karpathos and Eastern Rumelia (Northern Thrace - Βόρεια Θράκη)(Ανατολική Ρωμυλία) which is danced in Greece and generally in the Balkans anticlockwise (to the left). The music is generally played with a lyre (Kemenche) (or violin), lute, accordion and mandolin (or gaida).

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