Yaylalar (YIGH-lah-lar), meaning “Mountain Meadows”, is from Elâzığ in Central Eastern Anatolia and is danced throughout Turkey. It represents the happy atmosphere of a village wedding. The tune is also well known. Bora Özkök learned it from Hamit Celimli in Istanbul, Turkey, 1977 and presented it at the 1978 University of the Pacific Folk Dance Camp. Dance notes…
