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BACKGROUND
Information: A dance.
Translation: Named after the Serra River
Pronunciation: SEHR-rah
Other names:
Axtzapat or Atzepat a name for the slow part from the region to the west of Trebizond (called in Turkish Akchaabat, the old Greek Platana region).
Laziko a name among older Pontians
Pirihios a reflection of the Greek obsession with unbroken continuity with ancient Hellenes
Purreixios
Sik Sara a name in the area around Akchaabat
Other names relate to individual regions of Pontus
Region: Greece
Meter: 7/16
Rhythm: 2-2-3 (q-q-S)
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