The Pentozali or Pentozalis () is the trademark folk dance of the island of Crete. It takes its name from the five (pente) attempt or step (ζάλος being a Cretan Greek word for "step"). It can thus be translated as "five-steps". The name also contains an element of wordplay, as ‘ζάλη’ () means dizziness, and so it may also be interpreted as a dance that can make its dancers dizzy five times over ("five-dizzy"). In fact the dance has ten steps in total.
The Pentozali or Pentozalis () is the trademark folk dance of the island of Crete. It takes its name from the five (pente) attempt or step (ζάλος being a Cretan Greek word for "step"). It can thus be translated as "five-steps". The name also contains an element of wordplay, as ‘ζάλη’ () means dizziness, and so it may also be interpreted as a dance that can make its dancers dizzy five times over ("five-dizzy"). In fact the dance has ten steps in total.
The Cretan violinist Stefanos Triantafillakis (1715–1800) is credited with composing the music for the dance in 1770–1771.
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