Beautiful live music in Crete!

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WOW this is a great video and great Cretan music!!

Thanks for sharing the video! The music on Crete is amazing - and it is possible to bump into live music all the time. I was once at a restaurant, and some of the owners' children came out with their instruments and sat at our table and started playing. It was a really neat moment. They just play their instruments on a whim sometimes.

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Crete, Greece Forum
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