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Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music

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About Me

M.E.D. Folk Tours offers educational and entertaining music and dance events in the United States and in Turkey. Our goal is to use music and dance to build bridges between countries and cultures. We want to educate, enlighten and inspire students of all ages, genders, creeds and ethnic backgrounds. We also provide tours of Turkey with a special emphasis on seeing the sights, learning the history and experiencing the culture and hold dance workshops worldwide in authentic Turkish, Romany, Middle Eastern and Folkdance. We are a company run by dancers and musicians FOR dancers and musicians - www.folktours.com oh and ps we edited our profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Oriental (bellydance, Romani (Gypsy) dance, Turkish folk dance, Turkish classical music, Ciftetelli, Romani music, Tulay Karaca, Nesrin Tokapi, Birgul Berai

I'd like to meet:

All people of all ages and races who enjoy dance, music (esp Turkish) and living life in it's fullest expressions. Our directors want to pass on the knowledge they have accumulated over many years and keep this wonderful cultural heritage alive!

Music:

soooo many some of which are Kardes Turkuler, Halil Karaduman & Necati Celik, Asik Veysel, Sezen Aksu, Muzeyyen Senar, Romani (Gypsy) music, Karsilama, Ciftetelli

Books:

Bury Me Standing

Heroes:

Anyone with a song in their heart that they do not allow to be silenced

My Blog

Alaturka festival in Istanbul

We are proud to announce Alaturka 2007- Our dance and music festival in Istanbul Turkey with more dance class hours than any other Turkish tour. We are honored to have on staff this year Turkish dance...
Posted by Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:03:00 PST

USA Camp for Dancers & Musicians


Posted by Folk Tours Middle Eastern Dance & Music on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:45:00 PST