What is "trata"

The Trata is a traditional commemorative dance performed every two years in Megara in Attica, but also in the Aegean Islands.

The Trata in the Aegean Islands refers to a Syrtos dance done to the song Η τράτα μας η κουρελού. The dance is done at all social functions and gatherings. On the Island of Ikaria (North East Aegean) they dance it with specific movements in the chorus.

On the Tuesday following Easter in every alternate year, the women of Megara take part the traditional dance known as the Trata on the open space before the tiny church known as Saint John the Dancer. It is popularly believed to commemorate the building of this chapel during a single day during the years of Ottoman Greece.

The trata symbolizes the fishing. The famous dance, the Trata, is said to celebrate their success of fishing, each day.

However, folklorists note that the movements of this dance, which mimic the hauling in of fishing nets, seem to indicate that it is probably a very ancient dance, much older than the Ottoman period, and was originally performed to ensure success of the fishermen.

Trata is a former settlement in central Slovenia in the northwest part of the capital Ljubljana. It belongs to the Šentvid District of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It was part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Trata may refer to:

Places in Slovenia:

• Trata (Kočevje), a neighborhood of the town of Kočevje in the Municipality of Kočevje
• Trata (Ljubljana), a former settlement in the City Municipality of Ljubljana
• Trata (Prapetno Brdo), a hamlet of Prapetno Brdo in the municipality of Tolmin
• Trata pri Velesovem, a village in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem
• Trata, Škofja Loka, a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka
• Spodnja Trata, a hamlet of Zalog pri Cerkljah in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem
• Zgornja Trata, a hamlet of Zalog pri Cerkljah in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem

Other:

• Trata (dance), a traditional Greek dance