Types of Dances

• Khigga
  Halay
  Halay or Yalli is a popular dance in the Middle East....
  
  : The most popular Assyrian dance, maybe because it is very simple to dance and also it is the first beat that is played in welcoming the bride and groom to the reception hall. Khigga has other sub-styles such as "Heavy Khigga" or "Normal Khigga". Heavy simply means the same dance beat but slower. Another style of Khigga involve instead of taking steps forward the dancers will take step back, reversing the dance steps.

• Shaykhanee: Some say the word comes from the Assyrian word "Bshkhana" which means getting warm. Assyrians before going on a hunt or battle would dance on this beat to get warm. Much of the Assyrian original homeland was in snow-peaked mountains, so this was used to warm up the people. It has also been stated that it is "derived from the ancient Assyrian ta-ka'-ni, which means 'come, be happy'."

• Chobi: A modern dance found in Iraqi music

• Tolama: Among the oldest Assyrian dances, rarely performed these days.

• Shora: A dramatic folk dancing found by Assyrians in Syria
  Syria
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
  
  . Shora means Battle in Assyrian.

• Seskanee: A fast-paced song found mainly in the Nineveh plains among Chaldean Catholic Assyrians of Alqosh
  Alqosh
  Alqōsh or Alqūsh is one of the most famous Assyrian towns of the mainly East Syrian rite in Iraq. It is located north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from an Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where "Eil" means God and "Kushtu" means righteousness or power...
  
   and surrounding villages.

• Beriyo: created to be danced in the mountains while taking care of all the sheep and the other animals

• Tanzara
  Tamzara
  Tamzara, Tamsara, Tənzərə or Tanzara is an Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani and Greek folk dance native to Anatolia. This dance was especially popular in the regions of Erzincan, Erzurum, Kiğı, Arabkir, Elazığ, and Malatya. There are many versions of Tamzara, with slightly different music and steps,...
  
   (Tammuz Ara): Legend has it that the dance was brought to Anatolia by the Ancient Assyrians
  Assyrian people
  The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
  
   during there conquest of the region in the Assyrian empire in commemoration to the god of food and vegetation Tammuz.

• Dimdimma

• Kochari

• Belaty

• Ekmaly

• Gulbareh

• Janiman

• Mamer

• Hoberban

• Janiman Kavrakh

• Aino Kchume

• Mamyana

• Demale

• Bagiye

• Chalakhan

• Aman(Sut Ictim Dilim Yandi)(Historical Kilis
  Kilis
  Kilis is a city in south-central Turkey on the border with Syria and capital of Kilis Province.- History and Population :Kilis was part of the vilayet of Aleppo of the Ottoman Empire until the First World War when it was given to Turkey and had a mixed population of Circassians, Turkomans and Arabs...
  
   Folk Dance) http://www.nineveh.com/midi/aman.mid,http://www.regionemediterranea.com/turkey/music/sut_icti.mid

See also

• Armenian dance
  Armenian dance
  The Armenian dance heritage has been one of the oldest, richest and most varied in the Near East. From the fifth to the third millennia B.C., in the higher regions of Armenia, the land of Ararat, there are rock paintings of scenes of country dancing. These dances were probably accompanied by...
  
  
• Tamzara
  Tamzara
  Tamzara, Tamsara, Tənzərə or Tanzara is an Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani and Greek folk dance native to Anatolia. This dance was especially popular in the regions of Erzincan, Erzurum, Kiğı, Arabkir, Elazığ, and Malatya. There are many versions of Tamzara, with slightly different music and steps,...
  
  
• Kochari
• Sirto
  Syrtos
  Syrtos , is the collective name of a group of Greek folk dances. Syrtos, along with its relative kalamatianos, are the most popular dances throughout Greece and are frequently danced by the Greek diaspora worldwide. They are very popular in social gatherings, weddings and religious festivals...
  
  
• Horon
• Bar
  Bar (dance)
  Bar is a form of folk dance from eastern Turkey.With their structure and formation, they are the dances performed by groups in the open. They are spread, in general, over the eastern part of Anatolia . The characteristic of their formation is that they are performed side-by-side, hand, shoulder and...
  
  
• Halay
  Halay
  Halay or Yalli is a popular dance in the Middle East....
  
  

External links

• Assyrian Dances
• Assyrian Dances music
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