Carnival of Patras - Carnival Music - Countries of the World

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Carnival of Patras - Carnival Music

Intro

Histoty

Treasure Hunt

Carnival Floats

Carnival Music

Carnival Dances

Decoration of the City

The Message of the Patras Carnival

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Carnival Music

As, since its very beginning, the carnival of Patras was not a traditional celebration but a carnival feast, its music and dances would consist of contemporary hits and beats. Mazurka, tango, waltz, Charleston and fox-trot in the pre-war era, rock and disco in the more recent decades.

Over the past few years, the parties and processions are dominated by Latin American rhythms - setting the beat for the parade - and contemporary Greek and foreign hits. The procession is best described as a mobile disco.

"Vale to domino Lenio" [Wear your domino Lenio], composed in 1909 by the Italian musician Julio Coffino, remains the Carnival Anthem. Over the last decade, quite a few local musicians have written carnival songs.

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