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Tsifteteli (Greek: τσιφτετέλι) or Çiftetelli, is a rhythm and belly dance of Anatolia and the Balkans (particularly Greece). In Turkish the word means "double stringed", taken from the violin playing style that is practiced in this kind of music. There are suggestions that the dance existed in ancient Greece, known as the Aristophanic dance Cordax, even though such claims have yet to be confirmed. Furthermore, it is historically never spotted in Greece before the Greek-Turkish population exchange of 1923, and no dance in native Greek tradition shows similarities with the specific dance. Despite this, it has established itself as the most popular and most common Greek dance together with Zeibekiko. Nowadays it is found not only in Greece and Turkey, but also in the entirety of the Southeastern Mediterranean region.
The characteristic rhythm is in 8/4 time, arranged as either 3/3/2 eighth-notes followed by 2/2/2/xx (the last beat being silent), or sometimes the first measure is played as 2/2/x1/1x. See for an example of the latter. It is primarily performed by women.
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References
- ^ Belma Kurtişoğlu (2012). "ÇİFTETELLİ ON ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL STAGES" (PDF). 27th SYMPOSIUM ICTM STUDY GROUP ON ETHNOCHOREOLOGY: LIMERICK, IRELAND 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- Iacono, Dr Valeria Lo (2024-01-18). "10 Countries to visit and learn Belly dancing and dance". worldbellydance.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- Wichmann, Anna. "The Ancient Greek Origins of Zeibekiko and Other Contemporary Dances". Greek Reporter.
- Tsifteteli - kordax, Hē Lexē: volumes 21-28
- admin (2008-05-29). "Tsifteteli - Greek form of bellydancing". 5th Element Dance-Belly Dance Classes in Taranaki. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- , Ciftiteli Darbuka Rhythms
- "Tsifteteli | Greek belly dance is tsifteteli". 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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