Horon (dance)
Horon ( Turkish ; Greek χορός , chorós ) is a traditional Turkish folk dance that is widespread on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey . In the early days the horon was mainly danced by fishermen .
The dancers (usually all male) are dressed in jet black costumes with silver sashes and ribbons and wear hooded hoods. There is no fixed specification for the number of dancers. A musician plays the three-string kemençe bowed box- neck lute . The dance usually begins with the dancers forming a straight line or a circle, holding hands and first stepping back and forth, getting faster and faster. Then they swing their arms up and down at random, but synchronously, as if they wanted to drive away invisible birds. Eventually they move closer together, continue to hold hands and only move their legs. Towards the end of the dance they also swing their arms up and down again. During the entire performance, the dance moves get faster and faster because the musician plays the instrument faster and faster. The characteristic jerky, powerful shoulder movements are generally believed to be inspired by the nervous fidgeting of the anchovies caught in the nets .
literature
- Bilgehan Çağlar, Uygar Öztürk: Cultural Characteristics of Horon Played in Trabzon. In: William Sayers (Ed.): Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences and Humanities. AGP Research, London 2017, pp. 80-87
- Betty Casey: International Folk Dancing USA Doubleday Publishing, Garden City (NY) 1981, ISBN 9780385133081 , p. 288.
- Sean Sheehan: Turkey (= Cultures of the world , 6th volume). Benchmark Books, Tarrytown 2004, ISBN 9780761417057 , p. 119.