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Pontic Greek culture includes the traditional music, dance, architecture, clothing, artwork, and religious practices of the Pontic Greeks, also called Pontian Greeks (Pontic: Romaioi). Pontians are an ethnic group indigenous to the Pontos in modern-day Turkey.
Trabzon remained an important center of Pontic Greek society and culture throughout Ottoman times. A scholar named Sevastos Kyminitis founded the Phrontisterion of Trapezous, a Greek school operating in Trabzon from the late 1600s to the early 1900s. It was an important center for Greek-language education across the whole Pontus region.
Pontic Greek (Pontic: Ρωμαίικα, romanized: Rhomaiika, [a] Greek: Ποντιακά, romanized: Pontiaka; [b] Turkish: Rumca or Romeika) [3] [4] is a variety of Modern Greek indigenous to the Pontus region on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, and the Eastern Turkish and Caucasus region.
Pages in category "Pontic Greek culture" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pontic Greek folk dances are a group of over ninety dances traditionally performed by Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι). [1] Dance has been an integral part of Pontian culture since ancient times. [ 2 ]
Akrítas óndes élamnen, translated by Thede Kahl. Birds, including the eagle, were a common motif in Pontian folklore, and Greek folklore at large. One song, Aitén'ts eperipétanen ("An eagle flew high"), speaks of an eagle carrying the arm of an unknown soldier in its claws. The fallen soldier himself lies dead on the mountainside. The song is highly allegorical. Many Acritic songs from ...
The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, ... Cypriot Greek, Pontic Greek, the Griko language spoken in Southern Italy, and Tsakonian, ...
Because of the Pontos' remote location, Pontic Greek cuisine has many differences from other Greek cuisines. According to Achillefs Keramaris et al., "Pontic Greek traditional cuisine is diverse and simplistic, incorporating traditions from mountainous and coastal regions, ancient Greece, nomadic regions, and influences from Russian, Turkish ...