Pidikhtos

Music of Greece

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Contemporary Entehno Nisiotika Rebetiko Skiladiko
Media and performance
Music awards	Arion Awards MAD Video Music Awards Pop Corn Music Awards
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Music festivals	Athens Festival Epidaurus Festival Olympus Festival Thessaloniki Song Festival
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Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
Related areas	Cyprus, Pontus, Constantinople, South Italy
Regional styles	Aegean Islands Central Greece Crete Epirus (polyphonic song) Ionian Islands Macedonia Peloponnese Thessaly Thrace

Pidikhtos (Greek: πηδηχτός), is a Greek folk dance with Cretan origin, dancing in a circle formation. It is very widespread in Crete and the Greek islands.

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Kρητικός πηδηχτός χορός - Cretan pidiktos

Greek dances

Ancient	Angelica Antistrophe Carpaea Choreia Cordax Dionysiakos Hyporchema Korybantes Pyrrhichios Syrtos Tarantella

Modern	Ai Georgis Aise Angaliastos Antikristos Antipatitis Atsapat Ballos Byzantine dance Cerigotikos Dimitroula Dipat Diplos Horos Diavaratikos Endeka Kozanis Fisounis Fourlana Gaitanaki Genovefa Gerakina Gerontikos Giknas Hasapiko Hatzichristos Horos Ikariotikos Isios Kalamatianos Kalymnikos Kamilierikos Kanella Kangeli Kapitan Louka Kastorianos Katsabadianos Kavodorikos Kechagiadikos Kerkiraikos Kinigitos Kleftiko Kleistos Kochari Koftos Koutsos Lafina Lambri Kamara Lasithiotikos Lefkaditikos Lerikos Levantinikos Leventikos Loulouvikos Makedonia Makedonikos antikristos Makrinitsa dance Maleviziotis Mandilatos Maniatikos Metsovitikos Mihanikos Milia Monodiplos Mpougatsas Nizamikos Ntames Ntournerakia O Nikolos Omal Omorfoula Opa Palamakia Partalos Pentozali Patinada Pidikhtos Pilioritikos Pirgousikos Pizzica Plataniotiko Nero Podaraki Poustseno Priniotis Proskinitos Pyrrhichios Rhoditikos Rodo Rougatsiarikos Serra Sianos Simeris i Simeriani Sirmpa Sirtaki Sousta Sperveri Stamoulo Stavrotos Strose Vayia Syrtos Ta Xila Tamzara Tapeinos Horos Tatsia Thessalikos Tis Triandafilias Ta Fila Tranos Choros Trata Trizalis Tromakton Tsakonikos Tsamiko Tsestos Tsifteteli Tsiniaris Yurukikos Zacharoula Zaramo Zeibekiko Zervodexios Zervos Zonaradiko

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Pidikhtos

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