Music of Thessaly is the music of the geographic and historical region ofThessaly (Greek:Θεσσαλία) in Greece.^[1] Folk dances from Thessaly are slow and stately, however the music accompanying the Syrtos dance, is typically livelier and more energetic than it is in other parts ofGreece and include:Kalamatianos, Thessalikos,Dionysiakos,koftos,Sirtaki,Kalamatiano,Syrtos, kleistos,kangeli,gaitanaki,tsamikos,Pilioritikos, Svarniara, Sta tria, Karagouna, Kleistos,zeibekiko,Rougatsiarikos,Tsamiko of Deskati,antikrystos andgalanogalani.

Also, every year inTyrnavos occurs the Phallus Festival beforeEaster, a pagan fertility festival in honour of the god ofMount Olympus,Dionysus which locates inancient Greece and is one of the most famous worldwide. There is also a long-standing tradition ofa cappella music inThessaly, including indance music.

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