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ARTIST: Theophilos Hadjimichail (Greece, 1867-1934)

TITLE OF WORK: The dance at Zalongo (O choros tou Zalogou)

TYPE OF WORK: Painting

DATE: 1929

DIMENSIONS: 74.5 x 165.5 cm

COMMENTS: According to a tradition, women from the mountainous region of Souli, in Epirus, Northwestern Greece, were surrounded by Turkish troops in Zalogo. Rather than surrender, they started to sing and dance

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Epirus, Zalongo

DANCE FORM: traditional, round