Karsilama is dance found in Turkey and Greece and in the Balkans in general. Karsilama literally means “face-to-face greeting”.
Karsilama is traditionally a couple’s dance where men and women face each other without touching hold their arms in the air snap their fingers and perform the Karsilama steps. It is danced to songs with a 9/8 rhythm, generally called Karsilama. It can be lively or smooth. Some

In an Oriental dance routine in Turkish or Vintage American Oriental, the same steps and music is used, but the dancer will perform solo. She will often play finger cymbals and might get people up to dance with her. It is often the last piece before the finale.

Shems’s Karsilama YouTube Playlist