Investigation of Burdur Region Folk Dances

The aim for the research which is called "Investigation of Burdur Region Folk Dancing" by searching the dancing related to Burdur District, which is danced with special music and clothes is a kind of heritage should be handed down to the next generation.Our study is cultural.Culture is one of the basic key Stone of folklore. In our study, some dances such as Gabaardıç, zeybek, and teke zortlatması are called folk dances and their specialists like music,play and clothes are studied thoroughly. In this search, the techniques of master of sphere and resource people were carried out. Visual and audial knowledges from the study were transferred into digital context as video, photos and voice files. The main sphere of this study is Teke district which reflects the cultural specialist of Burdur province. The examples of our study are folk dances played specifically in Burdur province. In these folk dances, clothes, musics and plays used for dancing were detected and studied so as to update. When you think about Burdur, the dances which come to mind are identified. These dances are the signs of background knowledges, the nature and people who live in. Gabardıç, teke zortlatması, Alyazma zeybeği, Avşar zeybeği, Serenler zeybeği, kadın zeybeği, top şeker, sürütmeli kadın oyunu, çek deveci and kırık oyun are the examples of folk dancing played in Burdur province. Consequently, our study called "Investigation of Burdur Region Folk Dancing" shows to us that Teke district is a fertile land so as to search academically for the study. The events such as the kind and changes of folk dancing should be recorded according to their changes of historical, economy, socially and politically.