Karsilamas


Karsilamas is a folk dance spread all over Northwest Turkey and carried to Greece by Greek refugees. The term "karşılama" means "encounter, welcoming, greeting".
The dance is popular on Northwestern areas of Turkey, especially on wedding parties and festivals.
In Greece and Cyprus there is a similar dance named, Antikrystos. 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, from Persia to Serbia, and in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of Northern Greece.
Figures of the dance may, vary from region to region but 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 is, and the basic move is danced in four small steps with durations, respectively. The style and mood vary depending on the region.
Cyprus Antikrystos - Καρσιλαμαδες, Rumeli Balkan karsilamas, Thrace Antikrystos, Merzifon Karsılaması, Edirne Karsılaması, Komotini Karsilamas - Aptalikos, Giresun Karsılaması, Taraklı Karsılaması, Bilecik Karsılaması, Old Karsilamas, Pigi Karsilama, Ayşe Karsilama ,, Asia Minor Karsilamas, Mastika.

Kanto

was heavily influenced by musical theatre, Balkan and Byzantine or Anatolian music .

Köçekçe

The kyuchek, as a common musical form in the Balkans, is typically a dance with a time signature; two variant forms have the beats divided and.