of Politiki Lyra and Politiko Laouto is common to the folk songs from Constantinople. The Hasapiko also later served as one of the bases for the Sirtaki and it is danced in mostly all areas of Greece, with the use of Bouzouki. Cyprus Cyprus is an independent country, currently contested between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Cyprus includes a variety of classical, folk and popular genres. Cypriot folk music is similar to the folk music of Greece and includes dances such as the Sirtaki, Syrtos, the Cypriot Zeibekiko and Antikristos. Cypriot folk music typically uses the Lute (Laouto) and since World War Two, the violin has been also used. See also Greek dances Dora Stratou Swallow song of Rhodes; Greek folk song composed by Athenaeus References Greek music Folk music by country