Iskele Municipality Folk Dance Group

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MEN’S COSTUMES
1. Fes ( Fez – a hat )
The fes is made of thick felt and is deep purple in colour. Sometimes it is decorated with a twisted, embroidered yemeni. The fes worn without yemeni is called dalfes.

2. Yelek ( Waistcoat )
The yelek is made of thick wool, the front is blue and embroidered with black or gold thread, the back is also embroidered with black or colourful thread. These yelek are called camedan.

3. Gömlek ( Skirt )
These are either plain white or striped with different colours on a white ground and they have a high collar. These shirts used to be called mintan.

4. Dizlik (Short Salvar )
These Dizlik are made of thick blue fabric, they are baggy but end at the knee. The sides are embroidered with blue or colourful threads. They are worn with long socks and shoes.

5. Potur ( Men’s Salvar )
Potur are long salvar, only for men, ın blue, grey or white. The sides are embroidered with golf thread and they are worn with boots.

6. Kusak ( Sash )
It is made of a plain red, wool fabric and is worn around the waist. Sometimes the kuşak can be striped with blue.

7. Çorap ( Socks )
The sock are either white, light blue or yellow, sometimes embroidered with bird, tulip or carnation motifs.

8. Ayakkabı ( Shose )
Either black shoes without laces or black boots are used

9. Köstek ( Pocket watch )
Köstek is a silver watch on a chain which is tucked into the kusak or into the yelek pocket.


BINDALLI :
Bindallı which is a costume wear for the Henna Ceremony, before the wedding.
It is made of velvet and embroidered with gol thread.

THE MUSIC OF CYPRUS TURKISH FOLK DANCE Turkish Cypriot Folk Music is the mirror of our natural, social and traditional events. It is rich in the rhythm and colourful in tone. Our music and dance are a bridge between the old culture and the culture of the future. The characteristic features of our music are liveliness cheerfulness and fluency. The time-signatures that are used are ; simple time, compound time and mixed time , e.g : a) Simple time- 2/4 , 4/4 b) Compound time- 6/8 , 9/8 , 12/8 c) Mixed time- 5/8 , 7/8 , 9/8 Some of our local songs ( Türküler ) and local dances (Oyun havaları) have no time – signatures. These are called uzun hava and are sometimes used in our dances. Using instruments in representing Türküler and oyun havaları gives an individual liveliness and colour. The instruments that are used are ; violin ,accordion , clarinet , darbuka , def, ud, kaval, davul, zurna and zil. The violin is generally played in the first position. Glissandi and trills are often used, which make the music very exciting.


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