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Tsifteteli (τσιφτετέλι, Tsifte-teli) is a Greek traditional dance, derivied from the Çiftetelli, a Turkish traditional dance. For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ...
The Çiftetelli appears in many variations in the folk music of Western and Central Turkey. The different compositions based on this popular rhythm each have their own name. In Turkey, Çiftetelli has been relegated to wedding music, where Gypsies and Greeks have adopted the upbeat folk rythmns into oriental dancing. Often "Tsifteteli" in Greece is inappropriately used synonymously with oriental dance. The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), often referred to as Gypsies, are an ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe Europe, Western Asia and the Middle East. ...
Belly dancers Belly dance is a Western name coined for a style of female dance developed in the Middle East and other Arabic_influenced areas. ...
The Turkish baglama instrument used in this style of music influenced the name Çifte-telli which means "with double strings" in the Turkish language. The baÄŸlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean. ...
Turkish (Türkçe) is a Turkic language spoken natively in Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and other countries of the former Ottoman Empire, as well as by several million immigrants in the European Union. ...
Related links This is the main list of dances. ...
This is a list of ethnic, folk, traditional, regional, or otherwise traditionally assiciated with a particular ethnicity, dances by ethnicity or country . ...
External links - Çiftetelli
- Greek Dances and Songs
- Information about Tsifteteli
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