page_title: Music of Cyprus
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Cyprus / History
caption_attribution_description: Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung, Reigentanz, Terrakotta, Eisenzeit, zyprisch-archaisch I, 750–600 c. Chr., Inv. Nr. V 1172
context_page_description: The music of Cyprus includes a variety of traditional, Western classical and Western popular genres. Cypriot traditional music is similar to the traditional music of Greece with Turkish and Arab influences, and includes dances like sousta, syrtos, ballos, tatsia, antikristos, arabiye, karotseris, sinalik, chiftetteli, zeimbekiko and the mandra dance.
caption: Cypriot terracotta figurine, 750–600 BC, depicting a double aulos player and two dancers. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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