The high voice of Thrace (The wide plain, Kyranno) – Thracian Greek Collection

This mixed dance song is performed as "psili foni" (high voice), a special technique of singing among the women of the Erythropotamos area. This is in contrast with the "chamili foni" (thick voice) which the majority of the women use. According to our interviewees, the high voice is a better kind of singing because it is even more beautiful than the bagpipe. This melody is an Easter dance and was performed in the central square of Asvestades village.

00:00 - Intro and a story about the custom
03:27 - The wide plain
05:21 - Kyranno

Cite as: Traɣúðʝa ɕtim-pɕiʎí fuɲí (Sirʝótkus kámbus, K'iránu) – The high voice of Thrace (The wide plain, Kyranno); performers: Athanasia Havouzoudi, Eleni Salambasi; camera/ interview: Sotirios Rousiakis; transcription / translation: Thede Kahl, Sotirios Rousiakis; editor: Valentina Paul, Ani Antonova; retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID number: thra1248GRV0007a.

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