Endeka Kozanis

Endeka Kozanis is a traditional Greek dance, mostly danced at the region of Kozani. According to one point of view, it is a dance that was being danced at the weddings ("nyfiatikos" as said in Greek).[1]

Music of Greece
General topics
Ancient music Byzantine music Opera Greek musical system Greek musical instruments Greek dances Worldwide
Genres
Church music (Byzantine) Classical music Ionian School National School Greek folk Laïko Rock Hip Hop Punk Neo kyma Éntekhno
Specific forms
Contemporary Entehno Nisiotika Rebetiko Skiladiko
Media and performance
Music awards	Arion Awards MAD Video Music Awards
Music charts	Greek Albums Chart Foreign Albums Chart Singles Chart
Music festivals	Athens Festival Epidaurus Festival Olympus Festival Thessaloniki Song Festival
Music media	MAD TV (MAD World) MTV Greece
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
Related areas	Cyprus, Pontus, Constantinople, South Italy
Regional styles	Aegean Islands Crete Epirus (polyphonic song) Ionian Islands Macedonia Peloponnese Thessaly Thrace

The dance is believed to have been invented by the Turks, and it originated in Kozani.[2]

References

1. "ENDEKA KOZANIS- GREECE". Dance Ask. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
2. Herman, Rechberger (2018-02-01). Balkania: Rhythms in songs and dances from Albania, Bulgaria, The Republic of Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. Fennica Gehrman Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 978-952-5489-27-9.