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Bar is afolk dance fromArmenian Highlands. The word bar is from theArmenian word "Պար" (bar) which means dance. With their structure and formation, they are the dances performed by groups in the open. They are spread, in general, all over the region ofEastern Anatolia, especially inArtvin,Ardahan,Erzurum,Bayburt,Ağrı,Kars, andErzincan provinces. The characteristic of their formation is that they are performed side-by-side, hand, shoulder and arm-in-arm. Woman and man bars are different from one another. The principal instruments of bar dances aredavul andzurna (shrill pipe). The dominant measures in bars are5
8 and9
8. Occasionally measures of6
8 and12
8 are also used.Aksak9
8 measures which are the most characteristic measures, in particular, of theTurkish folk music are applied with extremely different and interesting structures in this dance.
A famous song of Bar is called 'Atabarı'.
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