Kurdish dances ( ku, Govend, Dîlan, Helperkê, Helperge, Şayî, script=Latn; , , , , ) are a group of traditional
dances among
Kurds. It is a form of a
circle dance, with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical center of the dancing circle. At times musicians playing on a drum or a double reed
wind instrument known as a
zurna, accompany the dancers.
Often there are dancers twirling handkerchiefs who lead the half-circled group of dancers.
The dancers, generally the females, but also, on occasions, the males, wear traditional
Kurdish clothes.
The Kurds dance on several occasions such as Kurdish festivals,
birthdays,
New Years,
Newroz
Newroz or Nawroz ( ku, نەورۆز, Newroz) is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz; the arrival of spring and new year in Kurdish culture. The lighting of the fires at the beginning of the evening of March 21 is the main symbol of Newroz among the ...
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marriage and other ceremonies
and the dances have several names which often relate to local names and traditions.
See also
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Kurdish culture
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Armenian dance
The Armenian dance (Armenian: Հայկական պար) heritage has been considered the oldest and most varied in its respective region. From the fifth to the third millennia B.C., in the higher regions of Armenia, the land of Ararat, there ar ...
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Assyrian folk dance
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Dabke (a form of Arabic dance)
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Syrtos (Greek)
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Turkish dance
References
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