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The zeybek is a Turkish folk dance particular to much of
The zeybek is a Turkish folk dance particular to much of Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...
, named after the Zeybeks
Zeybeks, sometimes spelled as Zeibeks ( el, Ζεϊμπέκοι ''Zeibekoi''; ota, زیبك, zeybek), were irregular militia and guerrilla fighters living in West Anatolia from late 17th to early 20th centuries.
History
The origins of Zeybe ...
and related to the Greek dance zeibekiko
Zeibekiko ( el, Ζεϊμπέκικο, ) is a Greek folk dance.
Origin and history
It takes its name from the Zeybeks, an irregular militia living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire from late 17th to early 20th centuries. It was fir ...
.
The dance is hierarchic, with a group of companions performing it while wearing a particular decorative costume and a typical headdress. A Zeybek band has a leader called ''efe''; the inexperienced young men were called ''kızans''. The term ''efe'' is presumably the survivor of the Greek
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word ''ephebos
''Ephebos'' (ἔφηβος) (often in the plural ''epheboi''), also anglicised as ''ephebe'' (plural: ''ephebes'') or archaically ''ephebus'' (plural: ''ephebi''), is a Greek term for a male adolescent, or for a social status reserved for that ...
''.
All zeybek dances have a common characteristic form, but the positioning of the arms and body differ according to the different regions. The rhythm is also very characteristic, a pattern of nine slow beats: = 4 + 4 + 1 beats or 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 with occasional variations.
Zeybek melodies can be divided according to their tempo: ''ağır'' (slow) and ''kıvrak'' (fast). The ağır zeybek have rhythmic patterns of or , which begin with an introduction called ''gezinleme'' in free style where the dancers wander freely before starting to dance in time with the rhythm. There is, however, no ''gezinleme'' introduction in female zeybek dances. Kıvrak zeybek have rhythmic patterns of or .
This dance is popular in Aydin, Izmir, and Denizli.
See also
* Afshar *List of dances
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dan ...
* List of dances sorted by ethnicity
*Music of Turkey
The music of Turkey includes mainly Turkic and Byzantine elements as well as partial influences ranging from Ottoman music, Middle Eastern music and Music of Southeastern Europe, as well as references to more modern European and American popula ...
* Gabardıç
*Zeibekiko
Zeibekiko ( el, Ζεϊμπέκικο, ) is a Greek folk dance.
Origin and history
It takes its name from the Zeybeks, an irregular militia living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire from late 17th to early 20th centuries. It was fir ...
References
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