What is traditional Turkish dance called?
Halay. This folk-dance, is a part of Turkish dance and is performed to a large extent in the Eastern, South- Eastern and Central Anatolia and it is one of the most striking dance.
What is Turkish wedding dance called?
Halay is the most common form of folk dance for weddings, against traditionally played with the zurna and the davul.
What is the meaning of the Turkish dance?
It was the name of the dance that was played in very old ages in religious ceremonies. It also means the bunch of reaped crops after harvest. Especially, it is the name of the dance played with small three-stringed violin called “kemence” and shrill pipe in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
What is the Kurdish wedding dance?
It is a form of a circle dance, with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical center of the dancing circle. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, Kurds sing and dance in all of their festivals, birthdays, New Years, Newroz, marriage and other ceremonies.
What is the measure of a Horon dance?
Horons are performed, in general, by groups and their characteristic measure is 7/16 For their melodies are rendered very fast, it is very difficult to render them with every instrument. For this reason, rendering with a drum and zurna becomes practical. Melodies of horon are performed with the small type of zurna which is called ‘cura’.
Where does the name Horon come from in Turkey?
The horon (Greek: Horos [masculine noun, singular form, nominative]), which derives from the Greek word: choros ( Greek: (ο) Χορός) meaning dance in both ancient and modern Greek, Turkish: Horon, is a dance style found in the Black Sea region, now modern Turkey.
What kind of dances are there in Zeybek?
Very fast dances, for instance, teke (goat) dance seen in Burdur – Fethiye region can be regarded as dances of zeybek character, they have the traditional measure of 9/16 There is another folk dance named as BENGI in the zeybek region.
