Dance of Zalongo (Greek: Χορός του Ζαλόγγου, Horos tou Zalongou; Albanian: vallja e Zangolës) refers to the mass suicide of Souliote women and their children that is said to have occurred in the aftermath of the invasion of Ottoman troops on Souli on December 16, 1803. The event is commemorated in Greece in the context of the Greek War of Independence.
Dance of Zalongo (Greek: Χορός του Ζαλόγγου, Horos tou Zalongou; Albanian: vallja e Zangolës) refers to the mass suicide of Souliote women and their children that is said to have occurred in the aftermath of the invasion of Ottoman troops on Souli on December 16, 1803. The event is commemorated in Greece in the context of the Greek War of Independence.
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