Kartzilamas: Traditional Greek Cypriot Dance as a Representation of Life

This investigation stems from an analysis of Greek Cypriot dance conducted for a thesis entitled Processes in the Development of Patterns Relevant to Marriage Partner Choice amongst Greek Cypriots. Apart from the literature available on the subject, information has come from having lived within the Cypriot culture, and from oral testimony from recorded histories and other sources. An additional twenty or so Greek Cypriots in Adelaide and about ten in Melbourne as well as a few people from other European countries have been questioned specifically for this paper