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Χειρόγραφες μαντινάδες 1955 - Manuscript mantinades 1955

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Title
Χειρόγραφες μαντινάδες 1955 - Manuscript mantinades 1955
Subject
Greek language, Modern
Foreign workers, Greek
Category
4. World War II
Current holder
Greek Community of Melbourne
Access rights
Permission required
Language
Greek (Modern)
Abstract
Manuscript mantinades 1955 belonging to Nitsa

*The mantinada is a poem consisting of two verses that are usually fifteen syllables in rhyme or four half-verses that do not necessarily rhyme. It is a means of spontaneous popular expression in several parts of Greece, but mainly as a category of island Greek song in Crete, which is famous for its mantinades.

"Bαρέθηκα τη νότη μου
θέλο να τη πολήσω
θελο να βρο μια μερακλού
να μην την χαραμήσω"

"I'm bored of my youth
I want to sell it
I want to find a meraklou (woman who enjoys life)
as not to waste it further"
Date accessed
May 21, 2024