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The Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί; [a] Turkish: Pontus Rumları or Karadeniz Rumları; Greek: Πόντιοι, Ελληνοπόντιοι[b][c]), also Pontian Greeks or simply Pontians, are an ethnically Greek [18][19] group indigenous to the region of Pontus, in northeastern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). They share a ...
Pontic Greeks. Pontic Greek music includes both the folk music traditionally performed by Pontic Greeks and modern Pontic music. Song and dance have a long history in the Pontos, ranging from ancient dances to the Acritic songs to folk songs. Certain dances, accompanied by music, date to ancient times, such as the pyrrhichios.
e. Pontic Greek folk dances are a group of over ninety dances traditionally performed by Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι). [1] Dance has been an integral part of Pontian culture since ancient times. [2] Dances vary based on region. [3] Today, few Pontians remain in the Pontus region, but those living in the diaspora worldwide still ...
Greek traditional music (Greek: παραδοσιακή μουσική, "traditional music"; also δημοτικά τραγούδια, "folk songs") includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and other parts of Europe. Apart from the common music found generally in Greece, each ...
Pontic Greek (Pontic: Ρωμαίικα, romanized:Rhomaiika, [ a ] Greek: Ποντιακά, romanized:Pontiaka; [ b ] Turkish: Rumca or Romeika) [ 3 ][ 4 ] is a variety of Modern Greek indigenous to the Pontus region on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, and the Eastern Turkish and Caucasus region.
The Republic of Pontus (Greek: Δημοκρατία του Πόντου, romanized: Dimokratía tou Póntou) was a proposed Pontic Greek state on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Its territory would have encompassed much of historical Pontus and today forms part of Turkey's Black Sea Region.
The Kemençe of the Black Sea (Turkish: Karadeniz kemençesi, Greek: Ποντιακή λύρα Pontiakí lýra or Pontic lyre, Laz: Çilili (ჭილილი), Armenian: քամանի Qamani, Pontic: lyra) is a Greek and Turkish traditional musical instrument. It belongs to the category of stringed bowed musical instruments. It has three ...
Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia. (illeg.) Orsabaris. Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Greek: Μιθριδάτης; [2] 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic 's most formidable and determined opponents.