Kaşık Havası

Kaşık Havası (literally "spoon tune")^[1] is the arranged form of a traditional Turkish folkloric dance tune by the guitar band Silüetler. In its original form, the dancers use wooden spoons as a kind of castanet. But Silüetler which used to play more or less The Shadows type music,^[2] increased its musical rhythm and arranged it for guitar band as an example of hard rock. In 1965 the band entered Golden Microphone music contest . Although originally their contest entry was Sis, it was Kaşık Havası on the reverse side of the 45 rpm record which became a hit. The record was released by Hürriyet newspaper (sponsor of the contest) ^[3]

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

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