Yannis et les autres : voyage musical d'Olympos à la Calabre / un film de Francesca Bartellini ; écrit et réalisé par Francesca Bartellini ; une coproduction, Mezzo, ERT s.a., ET1.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Bartellini, Francesca, director.
• Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), production company.
• Hellēnikē Radiophōnia-Tēleorasē, production company.
• Qwest TV, publisher.

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

• Greek language--Dialects--Greece--Olympos.
• Music--Greece--Karpathos.
• Olympos (Greece)--Social life and customs.

Genre:

• Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Other Title:

• Yannis and the others : voyage musical d'Olympos à la Calabre
• Yannis and the others : a musical journey from Olympos to Calabria

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Qwest TV, 2002.

Language Note:

In Greek with subtitles in French.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

On the island of Karpathos, in the Dodecanese, between Greece and Turkey, stands a hamlet made unique by history. In Olympos, high in the island's mountains, around a hundred inhabitants live and speak a dialect with Doric roots. "Byzantine in origin, they settled in Olympos to protect themselves from the Saracens who were persecuting them," explains one interviewee, while another proudly describes their speech as "a linguistic relic rooted in the language of Homer." The testimonies gathered here trace the supposed origins of this unique culture through the lens of music. Built on the Dorian mode, their music--like their dialect--is further proof of these deep historical roots. Parallels are drawn with the instruments and musical traditions of the Greeks of Calabria (Italy), who also play the lyre and the tsambouna (a type of bagpipe). The lute arrived much later, in the 1920s, introducing harmonies into their musical landscape. Like the man who decided to write a book on the various types of lyres, tsambounas, and festive customs, this documentary is a Mediterranean travel diary--a deep dive into a self-sufficient, secluded culture where music lies at the heart of the community. Practiced daily, music becomes a reason to gather--in living rooms, kitchens, cafés, or, more rarely, the village square. There, it is passed down orally, learned through sharp listening and keen observation. Florent Servia.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed July 03, 2025).

OCLC:

1531301513