Begleri: small skill toy consisting of one or more beads at either end of a short string. Originally derived from the komboloi, which serves the function of worry beads, flipped around to pass the time. Spyros Zagoraios, Rita Sakellariou, Dimitris Efstathiou, Doukissa, Eleni Vitali, Prodromos Tsaousakis and many other vocalists sang about the begleri as a symbol of the “mangas”, of toughness and bravado.
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou