Draft:Kagouras

Kagouras (Greek: Κάγκουρας) (plural: Kagoures) (Greek: Κάγκουρες) is a young man, member of a subculture in Greece that came to existence during the 1980s.

A Kagouras is similar to the Russian Gopnik, the Serbian Dizelaš, the Polish Dresiarz or the English Chav. Kagouras comes from the Greek word kavouras (κάβουρας) meaning crab because they are often seen squatting in groups, and kanguro (καγκουρό) meaning kangaroo because in football matches they are usually jumping and having their hands in the pockets like kangaroos.

The stereotypical appearance of a kagouras is a young man, dressed in a tracksuit (often Adidas or Nike), listening to laika (Greek turbo-folk music) or hiphop, drinking alcohol and smoking low quality cigarettes. Kagoures are often driving loud bikes or cars and doing races on the streets.

Kagoures started in Athens in the 1980s and became popular by the late 1990s and early 2000s during the Greek economic crisis. Most kagoures have Greek nationalism or Pan-Hellenism as their primary political views, although there are also leftists, far-right and neo-Nazi kagoures. In Greece some kagoures have anti-turkish or anti-albanian views and often show admiration to the Golden Dawn.

Kagoures mostly live in suburban areas of cities like Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki or Patras, while on the countryside cities/towns or villages they are also a usual group of people. They are oftenly seen to be fanatic about football clubs and many of them are ultras. Most kagoures are connected with football hooliganism and street fighting.