Hamsheni mani, Ham çökelek,
Zıplayıver çekirge is a Turkish folkloric tune ( Türkü). Hamsheni mani is a form of the Turkish folk dance

Kaşık Havası Kaşık Havası ( tr, Kaşık Havası, spoon tune) or Kaşık Oyunları ( tr, Kaşık Oyunları, spoon dances; el, Χορός κουταλιών) are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region In biogeography, the Mediterra ...

. The meter is 4/4. It is danced by

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 ...

n Hemshin people,

Crypto-Armenians Hidden Armenians ( tr, Gizli Ermeniler) or crypto-Armenians ( hy, ծպտեալ հայեր, tsptyal hayer; tr, Kripto Ermeniler) is an umbrella term to describe Turkish citizens hiding their full or partial Armenian ancestry from the larger Turk ...

, Yörük and others. Its light-hearted lyrics tell the story of a village man's plot to seduce his love.

Original form

The original form of the Türkü was popular in

Silifke Silifke ( grc-gre, Σελεύκεια, ''Seleukeia'', la, Seleucia ad Calycadnum) is a town and district in south-central Mersin Province, Turkey, west of the city of Mersin, on the west end of Çukurova. Silifke is near the Mediterranean co ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

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{{authority control Hemshin people Culture of Armenia Music of Turkey Turkish songs Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown

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