Yanitsaros's video: Anatolian Costumes of Paphlagonia Pontos

The song is MOIPOΛOÏ ΣEPPA (Miroloï Serra) from Guardians of Hellenism (Vol. 4 Pontos, Cappadocia). Anatolia (Aνατολή), which means East in Greek, which is now modern Turkey, was the heartland of Byzantium before the Ottoman invasion. There are various ethnic influences in its culture. Of course, many parts of Anatolia also have remnants of the glorious Ancient Greek civilization. Featured in the video are costumes from: Paphlagonia (Παφλαγονία): Amastris (Aμαστρις), Germanopolis (Γερμανόπολις), Kastro Komnenou & Heracleia Pontica (Ηράκλεια Ποντική). Pontos (Πόντος): Sinope (Σινώπη), Samsounta, Cotyora, Kerasounta (Κερασούντα), Eudokia (Ευδοκία), Rizaion (Ριζαίον), Trapezounta (Τραπεζούντα) and Colchis (Κολχίς). Translation of the song: 'What roads I walked, what bridges I crossed! And now I've grown old, left by the wayside. Talls hills and green, hidden in the clouds, Open a grave and put me in.' About the song: 'The laments which were not funerial were usually sung by men in Pontos and expressed the troubles of life. Laments like the one presented here, as Mr Amarantides was told by his father, were also sung by old men who could no longer follow the young ones to war. That is why it is usually followed by the Serra-Dance, or Pontian Pyrrihios, which is identified as the war-dance of ancient warriors. ' Singer and lyre player: Georgos Amarantides.