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GREEK REBETIKO MUSIC RISES FROM MARGINS TO UNESCO'S LIST


(MENAFN- Nam News Network) GREEK REBETIKO MUSIC RISES FROM MARGINS TO UNESCO'S LIST

GREEK REBETIKO MUSIC RISES FROM MARGINS TO UNESCO'S LIST. Young street musicians performing rebetiko songs in central Athens, capital of Greece, on Dec 18, 2017. Over a century since it was first played at cafes and tavernas of the poor on the Greek mainland and the Greek-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, rebetiko, dubbed the Greek blues, has now been inscribed on UNESCO's 2017 list of intangible cultural heritage. Photo courtesy Xinhua

Last Updated: 2017-12-29

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