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Tsifteteli (Greek:τσιφτετέλι) orÇiftetelli, is arhythm andbelly dance ofAnatolia and theBalkans (particularlyGreece).[1][2] InTurkish the word means "double stringed", taken from theviolin playing style that is practiced in this kind of music. There are suggestions that the dance existed inancient Greece, known as theAristophanic danceCordax, even though such claims have yet to be confirmed.[3] Furthermore, it is historically never spotted in Greece before theGreek-Turkish population exchange of 1923, and no dance in native Greek tradition shows similarities with the specific dance.[4] Despite this, it has established itself as the most popular and most common Greek dance together withZeibekiko.[5] Nowadays it is found not only in Greece and Turkey, but also in the entirety of the Southeastern Mediterranean region.[1]
The characteristicrhythm is in 8/4 time, arranged as either 3/3/2 eighth-notes followed by 2/2/2/xx (the last beat being silent), or sometimes the first measure is played as 2/2/x1/1x. See[6] for an example of the latter. It is primarily performed by women.[7]