Michalis Viglatzis

[Agiassos, Lesvos 1947 – 2011]

Singer of folk songs, amateur actor, construction worker and cafe shop owner, active member of the cultural center of the village “Anagostirion”,  and the village community, where he was known by the nickname “Pappel’”.

He had particularly acting and rich vocal skills and was a leader in local festivals and folk celebrations.

In addition to the Anagnostirion Choir in which he participated, he has sung in recordings by Simon Karas that took place in Agiassos in 1974 and were released with the collections “Songs of Mytilene and Asia Minor” and “Songs of Mytilene and Chios”.

Songs

Εξώφυλλο 2 DVD Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • SongEastern AegeanLesvosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

The Rubbing Dance (Explicit)

  • Τρίψιμο ⬥ Live recording from the concert Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003. The song has explicit lyrics, and you can watch the video on YouTube if you're over 18.
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Records

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  • AlbumDigital release, DVD2009Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)

This recorded show includes stage performances of carnival songs and other related popular rituals from different areas of Greece, as they were presented at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on the 4th of March 2003. Watch the songs in a PlayList on YouTube.
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Concerts

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  • Concert
  • 04/03/2003

Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou

A carnival feast at the stage of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall with songs, dances, and customs of the carnival period. In addition to Domna and her collaborators, musicians, singers, dancers and bands from regions of Greece take part, where even today the celebrations and rituals of Carnival maintain their authenticity.
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See also

  • Concert
  • 04/03/2003

Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou

A carnival feast at the stage of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall with songs, dances, and customs of the carnival period. In addition to Domna and her collaborators, musicians, singers, dancers and bands from regions of Greece take part, where even today the celebrations and rituals of Carnival maintain their authenticity.
  • AlbumDigital release, DVD2009Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)

This recorded show includes stage performances of carnival songs and other related popular rituals from different areas of Greece, as they were presented at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on the 4th of March 2003. Watch the songs in a PlayList on YouTube.
  • SongThessalyMagnesia, TrikeriLampoon, Sea and Sailors Song

Kaklamaniko

  • Κακλαμάνικο ⬥ The dance is danced by Kaklamans, a pumpkin serves as drum1. In Trikeri’s old neighbourhood the Kaklamans were dancing. They sang a song: o Kaklaman, your wife has given birth. What did she have? A boy. When shall I see him? In the bow. When shall I see [...]
  • SongCycladesNaxosCarnival Song, Philosophical SongCouplets

It Is the Custom Every Year

  • Τούτες οι μέρες το ’χουνε ⬥ It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice. So let the dance proceed apace, this earth shall surely eat us up. We’re fated all of us to end our [...]
  • SongMacedoniaKozaniBawdy Song, Carnival Song

Old Grandfather Rangavelas (Explicit)

  • Ου παππούς ου Ραγκαβέλας ⬥ Old grandfather1 bre, bre, bre, old grandfather Rangavélas, old grandfather Rangavélas had an ass that limped along; dummy phalli filled her bags; she was carrying a foal. He led her round the villages: Spoúrta, Vántsis, Kirasiá2. Spoúrta, Vántsis, Kirasiá: buy a phallus, bring a cunt. Maids and [...]