Thursday, 19 March 2015

Turkish Folklore Dance

There are many types and forms of folk dance within Turkey which reflect the cultural structure of each region. The 'Bar' in Erzurum province, the 'Halay' in the East and Southeast, the 'Hora' in Thrace and the 'Horon' in the Black Sea (among others). Folk dances are performed at weddings, engagement ceremonies, when sending young men off to perform their military service and at national and religious festivals. The dances are generally performed in all suitable open areas, but they can also be performed in close areas as well. 
Some dances reflect natural events or daily life, and others treat social events and matters of the heart. For example, the Kimil dance from Urfa province portrays a kind of pest that harms the crops and the way that villagers attempt to deal with it.

Bar Folk Dance:

With their structure and formation, they are the dances performed by groups in the open. They are spread, in general, over the eastern part of Anatolia. The characteristic of their formation is that they are performed side-by-side, hand, shoulder and arm-in-arm. Woman and man bars are different from one another. They normally wear costumes as they dance. They always dance with pride and they turn their hands as they hop dance.

Halay Folk Dance:

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. It has a rich figure structure of simplicity is the symbol of creation and originality of the folk.



Horon Folk Dance:

The horon is a dance style found in the Black Sea region, now modern Turkey. The dances called Horon derived from the Greek culture of the area and are circular in nature, each characterized by distinct short steps. Horons appear very different from the folk dances in other parts of the country with their formation of tempo, rhythm and measure. Horons are performed, in general, by groups.



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