Kaşık Havası
type of dance
Kaşık Havası (Turkish: Kaşık Havası, lit. spoon tune) or Kaşık Oyunları (Turkish: Kaşık Oyunları, lit. spoon dances; Greek: Χορός κουταλιών) are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region and have a varying structure of their arrangement, performance, rhythmic, and melodic characteristics. They are always rendered with wooden spoons and the characteristic measure is 24 or 44. The instruments used are beast bow (later violin), baglama and clarinet, in general, they are accompanied by folk songs.
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