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Carnival procession in the streets with traditional music
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Recordist's notes
The masqueraded group paraded from west to east of this street singing "Tis migalis apoukries", Carnival folk song from Thessaly. The parade went on with other similarly themed tunes, featuring vulgar expressions and other characteristics of local Carnival tradition. Recorded from a balcony facing the street using Zoom H2n in XY Stereo mode.
About the place
Irákleion is a city of about 137,154 people in Crete, Greece. OttoAnna lists 26 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
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Sources & credits
- “Kritovoulidou 6, Iraklio 712 01, Greece - Carnival procession in the streets with traditional music” by yiavkar – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0