The Sille dances are ceremonial, most of them are danced by two persons facing each other. There is a dance, danced by women only, which reminds the nineteenth or 20th century BC Phaistos

Phaistos

Phaistos , also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 5.6 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. It was inhabited from about 4000 BC. A palace, dating from the Middle Bronze...

 cup that professor Doro Levi

Doro Levi

Doro Levi was an archaeologist who practiced in the Mediterranean countries in the 20th century. Specifically, Levi conducted excavations in Italy, Greece, and Turkey. From 1938 to 1945, Levi was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey...

 found at the cave of Eileithyia

Eileithyia Cave

Eileithyia Cave was a Neolithic, Minoan and Mycenaean sacred cave dedicated to the goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia, on the island of Crete.-Mythology:...

, which presents the figures of two women dancing around a snake Goddess or priestess (Kerenyi Eleusis, p. xix-xx). Another dance is danced by men only, facing each other and carrying short swords. Unfortunately it is unknown what those dancings represent, and the ex-inhabitants of Sille

Sille (village)

Sille is a small Turkish village, near the town of Konya.Sille was one of the few villages where the Cappadocian Greek language was spoken until 1922...

could not give more information about the meaning of the women dancings and the movement of their hands, neither explain the men's sword dance. There is also another dance which can be found also to other Cappadocian villages, where the dancers are carrying wooden spoons.