WORLD MUSIC - CIVTATELI -The Tsifteteli

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM and * SVITANJE * / Milena, Djuka and Friends /, present, The Tsifteteli (Greek: τσιφτετέλι; Turkish: Çiftetelli), a rhythm and dance of Serbia and the Balkans, Turkish the word means "double stringed", taken from the violin playing style that is practiced in this kind of music. There is some evidence to suggest that it can be traced back to ancient Greece in the form of the Aristophanic dance Cordax Nowadays it is to be found not only in Greece and Turkey, but also in the whole of the Southeastern Mediterranean region. With Djuka, Milena and * SVITANJE * now in Belgrade.