Music
Music in Cyprus has a very old tradition and accompanies Cypriot in nearly every aspect of their life. Traditional orchestras include in their repertoire songs for every age and most occasions (love, joy of life and sadness, work in the fields etc.). Main instruments used in these orchestras are violin, lute, tampoutsia and shepherds flute. Traditional music on Cyprus is similar to the traditional music of Greece and includes dances like the tatsia, sousta, syrtos, zeibekiko and the karsilama suites. Note that unlike Greece and Turkey, there are suites of four karsilama dances, different for men and women, some of them other than the standard 9/8 rhythm.

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