Sille (dance)
The (Greek) Sille dances are ceremonial, most of them are performed by two persons facing each other. There is a dance, performed by women only, which is similar to the 19th- or 20th-century BC Phaistos cup that professor Doro Levi found at the cave of Eileithyia, which presents the figures of two women dancing around a snake goddess or priestess (Kerenyi Eleusis, p. xix-xx). Another dance is performed by men only, facing each other and carrying short swords. Unfortunately it is unknown what those dances represent, and the ex-inhabitants of Sille could not give more information about the meaning of the women's dances and the movement of their hands, neither can they explain the men's sword dance. There is also another dance which can be found also in other Cappadocian villages, where the dancers are carrying wooden spoons.