The project is financed by the National Science Center and carried out at the Faculty „Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Dora Stratou Dance Theatre
| Testimony of: | vloitzia (money for musicians) |
| Source | Ταρσούλη 1948: 273, in: EEH, s.v. βλοήτζια, 95 |
| Original text | Σε γιορτή ή σε χορό, αφού οι αρραβωνιασμένοι "καλλουπιστούν", κάνουν καμαρωτοί-καμαρωτοί την εμφάνισή τους χορεύοντας ο ένας πλάι στον άλλο, κι ο γαμπρός ρίχνει με γενναιοδωρία λεπτά, τα "βλοήτζια", στον δίσκο για τους "παιχνιδιάτες" (οργανοπαίχτες). |
| English translation | During a holiday or a dance, when fiance and fiancee present themselves and they make a proud appearance dancing one next to another, the groom throws generously money, vloitzia, onto the tray for the musiscians. |
| Time/occasion of occurence | before a wedding |
| Region of occurence | Κάλυμνος / Kalymnos - Show on map |
| Function | confirming manliness/dexterity, |
| Dance name | dance of the fiance/e |
| Tags | money, wedding, musicians, |
The project is financed by the National Science Center and carried out at the Faculty „Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Dora Stratou Dance Theatre