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Zakynthos
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Zakynthos is one of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. Zakynthos
is more than sea and beaches; it has a long historical and cultural
background.
The use of musical instruments, at the beginning to accompany
the military parades, made it possible for the islanders in the
course of the centuries to intone ballads to accompany the folk
feasts.
In spite of the Venetian influences (Zakynthos Serenade) and the
Cretan ones (Arekia), since ancient times the islanders developed
their one form of music that had their best moment with the institution
of the Zakynthos School of Music in 1815 and in the following years
of choirs and music clubs.
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In Zakynthos it is possible to find the musical tradition both in the ecclesiastical
and folk music whose most famous expression is the sirtaki an ancient
and lively ball accompanied by folk songs narrating about love
and marriage.
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