Karsilamas
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Karsilamas(Turkish:karşılama;Greek:καρσιλαμάς) is a folk dance spread all over Northwest Turkey and carried to Greece by Anatolian Greek immigrants.[1][2]The term "karşılama" means "encounter, welcoming, greeting" inTurkish.The dance is popular in Northwestern areas ofTurkey,especially on wedding parties and festivals.
This dance is also found in many areas ofGreece,such as the Aegean islands (Syros, Kythnos, Lesvos, etc.) as well as in Thrace and Macedonia.
Apart from Karsilamas, inGreeceandCyprusthere is a similar dance namedAntikrystos.Antikrystos, translates also, as "anti-face", i.e., face-to-face.
Karsilamas is a couple dance that is still danced in what was the Ottoman Empire, fromPersiatoSerbia,and in theMacedoniaandThraceregions of Northern Greece.
Figures of the dance may vary from region to region, but the main theme is two people face each other, and music rhythmically controls their next moves. Traditionally, people dance without any figure on their minds, just figures they have seen from their elders.
The meter is9
8,and thebasic moveis danced in four small steps with durations2+2+2+3,respectively. The style and mood (bouncy, smooth, lively, etc.) vary depending on the region.
CyprusAntikrystos- Καρσιλαμαδες,RumeliBalkan karsilamas,Thrace(Greece)Antikrystos,MerzifonKarsılaması,EdirneKarsılaması,Komotini(Greece) Karsilamas - Aptalikos,GiresunKarsılaması, Taraklı Karsılaması,BilecikKarsılaması, Old Karsilamas (Παληός Καρσιλαμάς), Pigi Karsilama (Πιγκί), Ayşe Karsilama (İskender boğazı) (Αϊσέ) (Η Αγάπη Είναι Καρφίτσα), (Aptalikos Karsilamas (Απτάλικος), Asia Minor Karsilamas (Melinos karsilamas),Mastika.
Kanto
[edit]Kantowas heavily influenced by musical theatre, Balkan and Byzantine or Anatolian music (Karsilamas) (which was however often a subject of satire in kanto songs).
Köçekçe
[edit]Thekyuchek(köçekçe), as a common musical form in the Balkans (primarily Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia), is typically a dance with a9
8time signature; two variant forms have the beats divided2+2+2+3and2+2+3+2.(This latter meter is sometimes referred to as "gypsy 9".)
Entarisi ala benziyor
[edit]Entarisi ala benziyor(Turkish:Entarisi ala benziyor),(Greek:Αραμπάς περνά(Arabas perna)),[3][4](Greek:Δημητρούλα μου(Dimitrula mou)),[5](Greek:Το Μαρουλιώ(Maroulio)),(Albanian:Lule malësore),[6](Armenian:Aman Ağavni) is a form of the Balkan folk dancekarşılama.Entarisi ala benziyor is a folk dance spread all overGreece,Turkey,ArmeniaandAlbania.The meter is9
8,[7]and thebasic moveis danced in four small steps with durations 2, 3, 2 and 2 respectively.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Turkish Style - 9/8 Karsilama History This wonderful dance (Turkish".studylib.net.Retrieved2022-03-03.
- ^"9/8 Dance Rhythms and Music".babayagamusic.Retrieved2022-03-03.
- ^"stixoi.info:Αραμπάς περνά".Retrieved26 January2017.
- ^"Domnasamiou:Arabas (A horse-cart is passing by)".Retrieved2 February2017.
- ^"stixoi.info:Δημητρούλα μου".Retrieved26 January2017.
- ^"gothart:Lule malesore (Albania)".Retrieved26 January2017.
- ^"turkuler:Entarisi ala benziyor".Retrieved26 January2017.
