Kaşık Havası
"Köçek troupe at a fair" at Sultan Ahmed's 1720 celebration of his son's circumcision. Miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul.
Kaşık Havası (tr), Kaşık Oyunları (tr), Χορός κουταλιών (el) (Turkish and Greek, meaning spoon rhythm and spoon dances, respectively, owing to the use of pairs of wooden spoons as a musical instrument) are Turkish 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 2/4 or 4/4. The instruments used are beast bow (later violin), baglama and clarinet, in general, they are accompanied by folk songs.
Turkish dance regions:
Hora - East Thrace
Zeybek - Aegean, Southern Marmara and Middle-eastern Anatolia Region
Teke - Western Mediterranean Region
Kaşık Havası and Karşılama - Western Central Anatolia, Western Black Sea, Southern Marmara, Eastern Mediterranean Region
Horon - Central and Eastern Black Sea Region
Halay - Eastern Anatolia and Central Anatolia Region
Bar and Lezginka - Northeastern Anatolia Region
Hora - East Thrace
Zeybek - Aegean, Southern Marmara and Middle-eastern Anatolia Region
Teke - Western Mediterranean Region
Kaşık Havası and Karşılama - Western Central Anatolia, Western Black Sea, Southern Marmara, Eastern Mediterranean Region
Horon - Central and Eastern Black Sea Region
Halay - Eastern Anatolia and Central Anatolia Region
Bar and Lezginka - Northeastern Anatolia Region
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