Turkish folk dance
Turkish folk dances reflect a complex, sophisticated culture with diverse regional forms.
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Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey. Facing three seas, straddling important trade routes, Turkey has a complex, sophisticated culture, reflected in the variety of its dances.
The dominant dance forms are types of line dance. There are many different types of folk dances performed in various ways in Turkey. Zeybek, Teke Zortlatması in Aegean region, Bar in Erzurum province, Halay in the central, southern, eastern, and southeastern parts of the country, Hora in Thrace, Horon in the eastern Black Sea region, Spoon dances in and around Konya, and Lezginka in Kars and Ardahan are some of the best known examples of these.
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Background
Bar dances are performed in groups in the open, spread over the eastern part of Anatolia (Erzurum, Bayburt, Ağrı, Kars, Artvin and Erzincan provinces). Halay is a term used for folk dances performed to a large extent in Eastern, South-central, Central, and Southeastern Turkey.
Horon derives from the Greek word choros meaning dance, and is a dance style found in the Black Sea region. Zeybek dance originated from the Zeybeks of the Aegean region. Other forms include Karsilamas, Kasap havasi/Hasapiko, Kaşık Oyunları, Kolbastı, Lezginka (performed in Kars and Ardahan), Samah, Syrtos, and Shiksaray.
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- Wikipedia: Turkish folk dance (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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