Learn Opa Greek

YASOU : A Greeting of many meanings ; Hello, Good bye, Cheers, God Bless you.
YAMAS : As you’re holding the glasses of the wine, or Ouzo, you have just offered and treated your friends with, you invite them to a collective cheer to health, … and when done, you exclaim : “OPA !”
ELA : (Come Here) An invitation – that depends on the facial expression, and voice intonation, and loudness, … it serves as a praise, a prompt – (encore) to continue, or to join, in the exuberance and emotional beauty of the dance. … or demonstrating disdain at someone’s refusal to join you in celebrating life, or … ELA VRAE = Stop using Hyperbole !
ELA – ELA : (Within the context of a Dance, or enjoyment – the Greeks Yell out “Ela Ela” … Meaning : I’m there; I have joined you in your high of life; I can’t take it any more, you’re the Best ! Thank you for inspiring me Come on Guys; stop sitting around watching; Join in !
REBETIKO – FIRE DANCE : A special category of songs and dance dating back to the 1800s designed to provide strength by joining in the pain of others, and using dance as the venue to Freedom.
KOMBOLOY – (kombo=rattle, and loy=repeated) – The repeated sounds of rattling, as the Greeks play with beads stringed together in a necklace-like rosary. – Tradition goes back 12000 years ago when stones had God-given magical powers… to assist in the ‘hunt’. … at around 500 AD, Budhists strung around 108 beads, each representing a sin, … and prayed … later the Catholics adopted it, … and finally the Greeks in the 1900s used them to stop smoking … Oooopa !!
OUZO : an 80-proof clear alcoholic beverage that is flavored with anise; it turns milky white with water or ice; the best is said to be produced on the island of Lesbos. It is similar to the famous Turkish drink Raki and the French Pastis.
ZORBA : "Zorba", writen by the renoun Greek author Kazantzakis between 1941 and 1943 and published in 1946. It was a philosophical novel whose hero represented the untamed nature of man, and the ancient wisdom. The hero became famous worldwide from Anthony Quinn, Irene Pappas, Alan Bates and Lila Kedrova. ... .
In 1987, it was presented as a symphonic ballet or a ballet-opera, that was written on behalf of the Verona Opera House, Italy, .