page_title: Greek folk music
section_title: Pontus
hierarchical_section_title: Greek folk music / Pontus
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek Kemenche in the Museum of Greek Folk Instruments in Athens
context_page_description: Greek folk music includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and elsewhere. Apart from the common music found all-around Greece, there are distinct types of folk music, sometimes related to the history or simply the taste of the specific places.
context_section_description: Pontic music retains elements of the musical traditions of ancient Greece, Byzantine music and the tradition of Caucasus.
  The prime instruments in Pontic music are the Pontic lyra, which has origins in Byzantine times and it is related closely with the Byzantine lyra and Cretan lyra. They are used also other bowed musical instrument from the West, like the Kit violin and Rebec. Other instruments include drums, lute, askomandoura (a type of bagpipe), davul and aulos. Folk dances from Pontus include omal, atsiapat, dipat, tik, tik diplon, tromakton, Pontiaki serra, ikosiena, and trygona.
caption: A Pontic lyra
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