Dimitrios Kottas – Kritikes Mantinades
“A Cretan does not say in plain words what he feels, With Mantinades he weeps or with laughter he peals” Mantinades are the rhyming couplets, that are the most common for of folk songs across the Cretan dialect. Mantinades is the unique way in which young and old in Crete can express their many and varied emotions like sorrow, joy, hope, desire, love, anger, revenge, nostalgia. Many of them are told and forgotten, but the best are learnt of by heart and passed on by word of mouth. *This book is written in Greek*
1"W X 7"L X 9.5"H
350 g
$20.00 CAD
Description
“A Cretan does not say in plain words what he feels, With Mantinades he weeps or with laughter he peals” Mantinades are the rhyming couplets, that are the most common for of folk songs across the Cretan dialect. Mantinades is the unique way in which young and old in Crete can express their many and varied emotions like sorrow, joy, hope, desire, love, anger, revenge, nostalgia. Many of them are told and forgotten, but the best are learnt of by heart and passed on by word of mouth. *This book is written in Greek*