Hi, dancers,
Çepki, a dance that Tom taught on Monday, is a variant of
the Halay, a line dance from Turkey (Anatolia). It was taught
at the Door County Folk Festival 2024, and Folk Dance Musings
provides a syllabus for Çepki - Varto Halayi.
Varto (Gimgim in Kurdish) is a town in Muş Province which is
located in Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish Majority.
Muş is also a city and a district. Of course, Kurds and Turks
are the ethnic groups that dance the Halay.
Çepki - Varto Halayi was taught by Ercüment Kılıç who learned it
from Rosin Koma. Kiliç, who was born in Ankara of Turkish Azerbaijani
parents, actively promotes Turkish culture and dance throughout
Although we don't have a video of the dance or of the music
we danced to on Monday, here is Varto Çepki, played by Kurdish
musician Erol Berxwedan who was born in Varto in 1983.
Note: Çep means "left" in Kurdish.
Dancing every Monday and Friday in August.
Bal Folk workshop with Bob Walser
Sunday in Ann Arbor
Concourse Hall
3151 Concourse Drive
Ann Arbor, 48104
Sunday, August 4, 2-5 pm.
Bulgarian Picnic
Sunday, August 25 from 4-9 pm
Brinston Park
2248 Brinston Dr.
Troy, 48083.
PLAYLIST, Monday, July 29, 2024
1. Boiereasca (Romania)
2. Poskakusa (Bosnia)
3. Jondane Johane (Basque)
4. Cepki (Turkey/Kurdish) TAUGHT
Source: Nancy Jo Lame, Door County Festival 2024
Syllabus: https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2024/07/cepki-varto-halay-kurds-in-turkey.html
5. Ne Klepeci Nanulama (Bosnia)
6. L’Homme Qui Marche (France)
7. Milanovo Kolo (Serbia)
8. Gajda from Korca- J. Uhlemann version (Albania) REVIEWED
Video: https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2024/07/gajda-from-korca-albania.html
9. Kur Mi Zbrisje Shkallet (Albania)
10. Vrapcheto (Bulgaria)
11. Le Laride (Brittany) REVIEWED
Video: https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2024/07/osmi-mart-bulgaria.html
13. Rustemul (Romania)
14. Le Maitre de la Maison (France)
15. Charleston Madison (USA) REVIEWED
Video: Charleston Madison (USA)
16. Kjustendilska Racenica (Bulgaria)
17. Lo Brise Pe (France/Occitania)
18. Hineh Ma Tov (Israel)
19. La Mariposa (Bolivia)
20. Oee Naze (Armenia)
21. Kortanc (Hungary)
Dancing weekly on Fridays in August
Villa Pointe Clubhouse, 8pm
19600 Villa Drive North, Southfield, 48076
Donations welcomed on Friday and Monday
Dancing weekly on Mondays in August
3500 Marais, Royal Oak, 48073
Sunday Zoom dancing with Judy Silver, 7-9 PM
Dale Adamson's Calendar and Judith's Virtual Folk
Dance Calendar have links to Zoom dances.
For Educational Purposes Only
