Awesome fun and Kefi (joy) dancing a Karsilamas to the fabulous music of The Olympians.
Karsilamas (From Greek: Καρσιλαμάς, Turkish: karşılama), is a Greek folk dance spread all over Northwest Asia Minor and carried again to Greece by Asia Minor refugees. The term "karsilamas" comes from the Greek word "Egkarsios|Εγκαρσίως" meaning "face to face greeting". The dance is still popular on Northwestern areas of Turkey, especially on wedding parties, festivals and so on. In Greece and Cyprus there is a similar dance named, Antikrystos. Antikrystos, translates also, as "anti-face", i.e., face-to-face.
Karsilamas is a couple dance that is still danced in what was the Ottoman Empire, from Persia to Serbia, and in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of Northern Greece.
Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Cardiff-by-The-Sea, California sponsored their 37th Annual Greek festival. Entertainment was provided by The Olympians...an awesome Greek band, and various Greek groups performing, such as Dromia ~ Greek and Balkan folk music; Compania ~ Greek band, and Benedetti and Svoboda ~ Guitar. The event had superb Greek foods and pastries, boutiques of various merchants with Greek and other interesting merchandise, also various church groups' performances. The event took place on September 7 & 8, 2013. Video was captured on Sunday, September 8, 2013 in HD.
