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Turkish folk dances and folk music create one of
our traditions which, for centuries, as the most effective means of
national feelings and culture. As a geographical, historical and
cultural phenomenon, our folk dances and our music work emerging in a
variety of forms and of very rich character in different regions
are considered to be a cultural treasure |
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The number of our folk dances performed and
folk songs sung reaches almost ten thousand that are observed
in weddings, gatherings, festivals, friendship meetings,
association meetings, seymenlik (performance of young men armed
in national costume who take part in a wedding procession/festivals)
ceremonies, various seasonal recreations, holidays and in many
other traditional activities. It is necessary to regard the
Turkish folk music and folk dances always as a whole completing
each other. |
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Including a many small kinds, our main folk dances
are Bar's (performed in East Anatolia), Halay's (in Anatolia),
Zeybek's (on the Aegean coast), Hora's (cyclic dance), Horon's
(round dance), Samah's (folk dance of villager Alevis or Mevlevi
dervish dance), Azerbaijani folk dances etc. |
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Our folk dances spread over all of these regions,
have very rich figures and melody structure and they are in
general, classified into woman dances, man dances, woman/man
dances, one person dances, two people dances and group dances. |
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| COSTUMES FOR FOLK DANCES |
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There is no special costume other than for the
drummer, zurna player, dancing boy and girl and zeybek dancer.
Before the Costume Reform, people used to participate in these
dances in weddings, holidays and entertainments with their
usual costumes. After the Costume Reform in 1925, in the folk
dance activities done in public culture centers, each group chose
a special costume for themselves, when choosing the costume, they
have made use of wedding costumes. Zeybek and seymen dancers,
yaren (friend) dancers and dadas (stout fellow) performers and
the instrument players have adopted their traditional costumes. |
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The other dancers on the other hand have preferred
one of their traditional costumes. Thus, as it is in all over the world,
the Turkish folk dance groups have come to possess a special
costume they wear during their show. |
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The widespread costumes for men are fez, turban,
tall Persian lambskin cap for the head, short jacket with slit
sleeves, aba for the body, sash and weapon belt for the waist,
baggy trousers, full gathered knee breeches and a kind of
tight fitting trouserz zibka for the legs, socks with a motif,
boots, light peasant's shoes yemeni and sandal of rawhide carik
for the feet |
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Woman costumes are very rich in colour and form
in our folk dance groups. If we outline, in general, the head is
covered and ornamented with jewels kerchief with embroideries and
light shoes or yemenis are widespread. On single skirts, two skirts,
three skirts, they wear a short jacked cepken, short collarless
jacket salta and double breasted waistcoat. They must also
wear a belt or sash. Under their loose robe, they wear baggy trousers
salvar of which many kinds can be seen. Apron, stockings with a motif
on feet and light shoes yemenis, sandal cariks complete their
dressing. |
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| * All dances are performed and taught by Tayyar Akdeniz:
tayyarfolkdancer@yahoo.com * |
