Is a large village which is considered to be one of the oldest in Corfu. Its houses are well-constructed and its mansions imposing. Here, in the square of Agios Vasileios (St. Basil) on the last Sunday before Lent, the village priest leads off the dance called 'Doxa Na'. All the men of the village follow, each according to his age and rank in the village. It is danced without instrumental accompaniment, the priest who leads chanting the lines, and the rest of the dancers repeat them. At the end of the dance, old women with musical instruments begin playing, and then break into the traditional circular dance of Corfu. This tradition can be found in other villages of the Oros region, but nowhere else in Greece. Karolas Klimis, in his book 'Customs of the People of Corfu, regards the dance as a survival of bacchanal rites dating back to around 500 BC.
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