Hasapiko (Greek: χασάπικο, also transliterated hassapiko, hasapika and hasapico) is a Greek traditional dance. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία It is also called χασάπικος χόρος or simply χασάπικος (hasapikos horos, chasápikos, khasápikos, hasápikos). The name comes from the word "butcher" (χασάπης). The dance originated among members of the Butcher's Guild in Constantinople in Byzantine times, and was originally called μακελλάρικος χορός (makellarikos horos), which is still the proper term in katharevousa (purist Greek). Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Katharevousa (Καθαρεύουσα, lit "the purified one" is a form of the Greek language conceived in the early 19th century by Greek intellectual Some Greeks, however, reserve the latter term only for the fast version of the dance.
The slow version of the dance is called χασάπικο βαρύ (hasapiko vary) or χασάπικος βαρύς (hasapikos varys) and generally employs a 4/4 tempo.
The fast version of the dance uses a 2/4 rhythm. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of It is variously called γρήγορο χασάπικο, γρήγορος χασάπικος, μακελλάριος χορός; χασαποσέρβικο (grigoro hasapiko, grigoros hasapikos, makellarios horos, sousta and hasaposerviko - the latter a reference to Serbian and other Balkan Slavic influences on this version of the dance). Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country
Hasapiko served as a base for the Sirtaki. Sirtaki or syrtaki (συρτάκι is a popular Dance of Greek origin created in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek.
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