Usually nobody asks anybody to dance when it comes to Greek folk dances. Whoever wants to join, just goes and joins. Greek culture is very inclusive, nobody will send you away from the dancefloor, even if you don't know anybody and butchers the steps. They'll try to help you with the steps and encourage you too try once you join. But you're expected to join without an invitation.
Να κάτι τέτοια βλέπουμε εμείς εδώ στην Ελλάδα και χαιρόμαστε και ελπίζουμε!!! Κρατήστε βαθιά μες την ψύχη σας το πνεύμα την Ελλάδας, ποτίσετε το και στα παιδιά σας, θα τα κάνει να φουντώσουν και να ανθήσουν. Και να έρχεστε πότε πότε πισω στην μητέρα Ελλάδα. Και αυτή θα χαίρετε και θα καμαρώνει, και εμείς.
What a beautiful story! Well done korisakimou! Many non Greeks become more Greek than Greeks! Always be proud of what you are and what makes you unique!!
Hey Abby, who could be more Greek than a lovely person who has the heart and desire to be one ❤ You've got my vote! I'm Greek by birth, American by choice (grew up in Houston) and I enjoyed your video very much❤ It reminded me of the Greek festival in Houston. Wishing you all the best from the north Peloponnese 💕
Abby - thank you for your video! You are as much or as little Greek as you want to be (and you seem to be very!). Who cares what anyone else thinks! ...there will be those that love and accept you for who you are, and those who don't. Keep with the former and avoid the latter. Now let me add something, because I think my opinion matters a little bit here. All four of my grandparents come from small towns near Sparta in the Peloponnese, so I am "ethnically" as Greek as anyone can claim to be, in fact I think I am more purely Greek than the average Greek who surely has more non-Greek blood mixed in than I do. (I say this jokingly: We Are Spartans! ...because even within Greece you can find people who will disagree about such things, which really only serves to beg the question.) All that aside: my grandparents emigrated to the USA and I grew up in the USA - but surrounded by Greek culture from the moment I was born until adulthood. But still, I grew up in America. I am American. Is there a contradiction here? No. Now, I married a lovely lady of Italian ethnicity (Doreen is my wife). We adopted two children. My wife is now of my own blood. My children are now of my own blood. None of us actually shares "blood." It doesn't matter! We celebrate Greek holidays, but not only. We celebrate American holidays. We cook Greek and Italian food, but not only. We love Greece, Italy, and America all at the same time. We are a family with mixed heritage -- but we are a Greek family still -- because we say we are. No one else's opinion matters. You have the final say! Να χορεύεις πολλές φορές, τώρα και πάντα
Greetings from Greece. You should definitely take Petros, which is also my name by the way and visit Greece. You and him will know how really Greece and Greeks are, the food and scenery will blow your mind and you 'll have amazings stories to tell , or even document.
Δεν καθορίζει η γλώσσα εθνικότητα στην περιοχή μας αλλά η θρησκεία. Οι Καραμανλήδες τουρκόφωνοι χριστιανοί ορθόδοξοι ένιωθαν Έλληνες και στην ανταλλαγή ήρθαν από εδώ, όπως κι οι Μπαφραλήδες τουρκόφωνοι χριστιανοί ορθόδοξοι του Πόντου. Από την άλλη οι μουσουλμάνοι ελληνόφωνοι Βαλαάδες της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας στην ανταλλαγή πήγαν απέναντι, όπως και οι ελληνόφωνοι Τουρκοκρητικοί που είναι υπεύθυνοι για τις περισσότερες σφαγές των χριστιανών της Κρήτης. Δεν είναι τυχαίο ότι όποιος γινόταν μουσουλμάνος στην Τουρκοκρατία, "τούρκευε" ενώ στη Φραγκοκρατία οποίος γινόταν Καθολικός, "φράγκευε". Και στις δύο περιπτώσεις άλλαζε εθνική συνείδηση
Ελα και συ ρε Φατμιρ , αλλα μην κλεψεις αυτη τη φορα , Μπορει ομως ο αλβανος να μην κανει εγκληματα ,??? Πολυ κομπλεξ και ζηλια ρε Φατμιρ , ΠΟΛΥ !!!! Σ.Κ.Γ.Σ.Τελικη
Αυτο δεν το δεχομαι επουδενί.ουτε οτι οι Έλληνες του εξωτερικού ειναι πιο Έλληνες.μενουμε εδω,παλευουμε γι αυτον τον τοπο που μας έχει αναγκη και δεν φευγουμε για καλυτερη ζωη εξω. Sorry
Πώς μπορείς να κρίνεις τις συνθήκες που οι πρόγονοί τους αναγκάστηκαν να φύγουν στο εξωτερικό; Είσαι ο ίδιος που διαμαρτύρεσαι παραπάνω για τη γλώσσα; Πολύ στενόμυαλη αντίληψη έχεις για την ελληνικότητα κάποιου
It never ceases to amaze me - however Greek they may claim to be - just how different Greek-Americans and, generally, Greeks of the diaspora, are from their distant ethnic "brethren". There is really nothing Greek about 99% of Greek-Americans. They're Americans, who know a couple of different dances, a couple of expressions in a foreign language and a couple of recipes that other Americans don't know, and go to a different church. This also applies to Italians, Portuguese, and pretty much to every ethnic group that has established a presence in the US. Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I find these types of ethnic festivals kind of depressing, where people are playacting and pretending to be something they are not.
You have to remember that they are trying to keep to an image of Greece (Italy, Portugal, etc) that is what either their parents or grandparents remember. So it is, by definition, out of sync with the modern culture in their countries of original ancestry. But hey, as long as they are having fun and not causing problems, more power to them. All ethnic festivities are kind of playacting, even in the original countries, since we no longer have the need for them, and we are simply recreating the way people of the past were celebrating and socializing. For example, the greek costumes are now just a folklore item, no-one dresses like that. The dances are folklore dances, except maybe one or two exceptions, seeing only in dedicated festivals, not as pure dances in normal gatherings. The food is the same though (why change a good thing?) !
@@kaarvan I hear you, and I get it. That said, they'd be doing themselves a favour if they spent some time learning the language of their ethnic heritage, not to mention a thing or two about the current state of affairs in these places. They would then more convincingly be able to call themselves Greek, Italian or whatever and their lives would be much richer because they'd be more intimately connected with another vibrant culture. As for the food at these festivals... I don't know if it's the cooking or the ingredients but it's generally a poor imitation of the authentic stuff...
You know nothing about hybrid and complex identities (a notion studied by Anthropologists, especially Cultural Anthropologists, Sociologists, etc). Many Greek-Americans are more Greek, in some ways, than Greeks living in Greece. This cultural substrate is what distinguishes them from Italian-Americans, Swedish-Americans, etc.
@@Evan490BC It doesn't take a sociologist or anthropologist to make the "hoi polloi" aware of the existence of hybrid identities. My point is that Greek-Americans, Canadians, Australians - whatever the hybrid might be - are, in the vast majority of cases, only minimally Greek. They may be proud to be Greek but it'll take much more than eating moussaka prepared by "Yaya", and doing Greek dances to be Greek enough to fit seamlessly into Greek society. "Hybrid" Greeks dress differently, they are groomed differently, they carry themselves differently, they gesture differently and, most importantly they speak pitiful Greek, which, to add insult to injury, they speak with assorted horrible accents. I'm not judging. I'm just remarking. "Greekness" is essentially a question of socialization. The Antetokoumpo brothers, to take a glaring example, are about as Greek as you can get, though they were born to Nigerian parents. "Hybrid" Greeks, on the other hand, are essentially American, Canadian, etc., irrespective of whether they identify as Greek.
Usually nobody asks anybody to dance when it comes to Greek folk dances. Whoever wants to join, just goes and joins.
Greek culture is very inclusive, nobody will send you away from the dancefloor, even if you don't know anybody and butchers the steps. They'll try to help you with the steps and encourage you too try once you join. But you're expected to join without an invitation.
welcome to the clan Abby! Petros seems like a wonderful guy! love from Greece!
Να κάτι τέτοια βλέπουμε εμείς εδώ στην Ελλάδα και χαιρόμαστε και ελπίζουμε!!!
Κρατήστε βαθιά μες την ψύχη σας το πνεύμα την Ελλάδας, ποτίσετε το και στα παιδιά σας, θα τα κάνει να φουντώσουν και να ανθήσουν.
Και να έρχεστε πότε πότε πισω στην μητέρα Ελλάδα. Και αυτή θα χαίρετε και θα καμαρώνει, και εμείς.
What a beautiful story! Well done korisakimou! Many non Greeks become more Greek than Greeks! Always be proud of what you are and what makes you unique!!
Hey Abby, who could be more Greek than a lovely person who has the heart and desire to be one ❤ You've got my vote! I'm Greek by birth, American by choice (grew up in Houston) and I enjoyed your video very much❤ It reminded me of the Greek festival in Houston. Wishing you all the best from the north Peloponnese 💕
Υπεροχοι.Στην υγεια σας.Χριστος Ανεστη.
Truly He is risen! ☦️
Lovely. Thank you. I wish you many recurrent trips to beautiful Greece where you’ll have wonderful times.
Wonderful video!👏👏👏👏👏👏
this is beautiful greetings from Greece kos island ❤
love from Greece, you are all wonderful. You actually make wonders over there.
What a joyful video. Well done.
Abby - thank you for your video! You are as much or as little Greek as you want to be (and you seem to be very!). Who cares what anyone else thinks! ...there will be those that love and accept you for who you are, and those who don't. Keep with the former and avoid the latter.
Now let me add something, because I think my opinion matters a little bit here. All four of my grandparents come from small towns near Sparta in the Peloponnese, so I am "ethnically" as Greek as anyone can claim to be, in fact I think I am more purely Greek than the average Greek who surely has more non-Greek blood mixed in than I do. (I say this jokingly: We Are Spartans! ...because even within Greece you can find people who will disagree about such things, which really only serves to beg the question.)
All that aside: my grandparents emigrated to the USA and I grew up in the USA - but surrounded by Greek culture from the moment I was born until adulthood. But still, I grew up in America. I am American. Is there a contradiction here? No.
Now, I married a lovely lady of Italian ethnicity (Doreen is my wife). We adopted two children. My wife is now of my own blood. My children are now of my own blood. None of us actually shares "blood." It doesn't matter!
We celebrate Greek holidays, but not only. We celebrate American holidays. We cook Greek and Italian food, but not only. We love Greece, Italy, and America all at the same time. We are a family with mixed heritage -- but we are a Greek family still -- because we say we are.
No one else's opinion matters. You have the final say!
Να χορεύεις πολλές φορές, τώρα και πάντα
Greetings from Greece. You should definitely take Petros, which is also my name by the way and visit Greece. You and him will know how really Greece and Greeks are, the food and scenery will blow your mind and you 'll have amazings stories to tell , or even document.
"Running away from your problems doesn't resolve anything unless your destination is the Greek festival" 😭🤣
...or the Greek islands ❤
Nice community, music and dance
My love and greets👍
OSO IPARXOYN ELLINES IPARXI AKOMA ELPIDA GIAFTON TON LAO KAi EGO EKSO MEGALOSA GERMANIA 42 XRONIA ALA FANTAROS PIGA ELLADA THELONTIS 18 XRONON !!
😅so beautiful
Petros is a stud
Η Ελλάς με την ..ματια της Νιας Βαρνταλος!!!
Nice video, where you at?
Επιλογη;😢
💙🤍☀️💛☀️🤍💙
Where are you ?
It's all Jewish to me.
Nice video, however when I saw the meat I knew this is not Greece. Whoever was serving you that well....
Ελληνες;που είναι η ελληνικη γλωσσα...
Δεν καθορίζει η γλώσσα εθνικότητα στην περιοχή μας αλλά η θρησκεία. Οι Καραμανλήδες τουρκόφωνοι χριστιανοί ορθόδοξοι ένιωθαν Έλληνες και στην ανταλλαγή ήρθαν από εδώ, όπως κι οι Μπαφραλήδες τουρκόφωνοι χριστιανοί ορθόδοξοι του Πόντου. Από την άλλη οι μουσουλμάνοι ελληνόφωνοι Βαλαάδες της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας στην ανταλλαγή πήγαν απέναντι, όπως και οι ελληνόφωνοι Τουρκοκρητικοί που είναι υπεύθυνοι για τις περισσότερες σφαγές των χριστιανών της Κρήτης. Δεν είναι τυχαίο ότι όποιος γινόταν μουσουλμάνος στην Τουρκοκρατία, "τούρκευε" ενώ στη Φραγκοκρατία οποίος γινόταν Καθολικός, "φράγκευε". Και στις δύο περιπτώσεις άλλαζε εθνική συνείδηση
Arbanite Greek, Arab Greek, Georgina Greek, Slavgreek, TurkGreek
Greek Greek Greek Greek Greek. It's all Greek
Forget Italian Greeks.
Ελα και συ ρε Φατμιρ , αλλα μην κλεψεις αυτη τη φορα , Μπορει ομως ο αλβανος να μην κανει εγκληματα ,??? Πολυ κομπλεξ και ζηλια ρε Φατμιρ , ΠΟΛΥ !!!! Σ.Κ.Γ.Σ.Τελικη
Greek όμως κι όχι Τουρκαλβανός, δεν ντρέπεσαι λίγο;
Shame on you for abandoning your Slavic roots!
Αυτο δεν το δεχομαι επουδενί.ουτε οτι οι Έλληνες του εξωτερικού ειναι πιο Έλληνες.μενουμε εδω,παλευουμε γι αυτον τον τοπο που μας έχει αναγκη και δεν φευγουμε για καλυτερη ζωη εξω. Sorry
Πώς μπορείς να κρίνεις τις συνθήκες που οι πρόγονοί τους αναγκάστηκαν να φύγουν στο εξωτερικό; Είσαι ο ίδιος που διαμαρτύρεσαι παραπάνω για τη γλώσσα; Πολύ στενόμυαλη αντίληψη έχεις για την ελληνικότητα κάποιου
It never ceases to amaze me - however Greek they may claim to be - just how different Greek-Americans and, generally, Greeks of the diaspora, are from their distant ethnic "brethren". There is really nothing Greek about 99% of Greek-Americans. They're Americans, who know a couple of different dances, a couple of expressions in a foreign language and a couple of recipes that other Americans don't know, and go to a different church. This also applies to Italians, Portuguese, and pretty much to every ethnic group that has established a presence in the US. Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I find these types of ethnic festivals kind of depressing, where people are playacting and pretending to be something they are not.
You have to remember that they are trying to keep to an image of Greece (Italy, Portugal, etc) that is what either their parents or grandparents remember. So it is, by definition, out of sync with the modern culture in their countries of original ancestry. But hey, as long as they are having fun and not causing problems, more power to them.
All ethnic festivities are kind of playacting, even in the original countries, since we no longer have the need for them, and we are simply recreating the way people of the past were celebrating and socializing.
For example, the greek costumes are now just a folklore item, no-one dresses like that. The dances are folklore dances, except maybe one or two exceptions, seeing only in dedicated festivals, not as pure dances in normal gatherings.
The food is the same though (why change a good thing?) !
❤Well, of course they're American; but how admirable of them to keep native traditions. Life would be so drab without them😉
@@kaarvan I hear you, and I get it. That said, they'd be doing themselves a favour if they spent some time learning the language of their ethnic heritage, not to mention a thing or two about the current state of affairs in these places. They would then more convincingly be able to call themselves Greek, Italian or whatever and their lives would be much richer because they'd be more intimately connected with another vibrant culture. As for the food at these festivals... I don't know if it's the cooking or the ingredients but it's generally a poor imitation of the authentic stuff...
You know nothing about hybrid and complex identities (a notion studied by Anthropologists, especially Cultural Anthropologists, Sociologists, etc). Many Greek-Americans are more Greek, in some ways, than Greeks living in Greece. This cultural substrate is what distinguishes them from Italian-Americans, Swedish-Americans, etc.
@@Evan490BC It doesn't take a sociologist or anthropologist to make the "hoi polloi" aware of the existence of hybrid identities. My point is that Greek-Americans, Canadians, Australians - whatever the hybrid might be - are, in the vast majority of cases, only minimally Greek. They may be proud to be Greek but it'll take much more than eating moussaka prepared by "Yaya", and doing Greek dances to be Greek enough to fit seamlessly into Greek society. "Hybrid" Greeks dress differently, they are groomed differently, they carry themselves differently, they gesture differently and, most importantly they speak pitiful Greek, which, to add insult to injury, they speak with assorted horrible accents. I'm not judging. I'm just remarking. "Greekness" is essentially a question of socialization. The Antetokoumpo brothers, to take a glaring example, are about as Greek as you can get, though they were born to Nigerian parents. "Hybrid" Greeks, on the other hand, are essentially American, Canadian, etc., irrespective of whether they identify as Greek.