A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON TEMIRAG FOLK DANCE IN THE BAR AND HALAY GENRES (ERZURUM SAMPLE)

Abstract

With its history, Anatolia has a very rich culture with the influence of the great civilizations it hosts. One of the reflections of this wealth heritage is folk dances. In folk dance, which is one of the most important branches of folklore, where we can get all kinds of information about the life of a society, it includes the beliefs, life styles, traditions, livelihoods and social structure of the society from the costume, decoration, music and game movements. While some dances are not known and not played outside the province they are played in, some others are played in different regions with the same name and different characters. Tamzara, dello, hosbilezik, garabet, koceri played with the same name are examples. Temiraga, which is the subject of our study, is played in a very widespread geography in Anatolia. Temiraga, which is played in both bar and halay genres, has various names; Temuraga, Timur Aga, Temuraga, Demiraga. The Temiraga known as the bar folk dance in the Erzurum region, emerges with the halay genre in Erzurum Hınıs, Oltu, Olur and Şenkaya districts. It was determined that the grips were common in the bar and halay folk dances. Another common point is that the rhythm of the folk dance is 4/4. Erzurum is one of the bars that start with open grip and end with open grip. It is the only bar played with one finger in Erzurum bars. Erzurum folk dances were found to be a dance with animal imitation. Written, visual and electronic sources and literature on the subject were searched and Erzurum temiraga was examined in both bars and halay.