Close-up of two Kurdish women, wearing their traditional festive costume, while dancing in a line of dancers.

This kind of dancing, called ‘Govend’ or ‘Dîlan’ in Kurdish, and ‘Halay’ in Turkish is the most popular dance form in Southeastern Anatolia. Typically, Govend/Halay dancers form a circle or a line, while holding each other with the little finger or shoulder to shoulder or even hand to hand with the last and first player holding a piece of cloth. Men and women form separate or mixed lines, depending on regional custom. While dancing, the row of dancers moves to the right (except in Hakkâri, where it goes generally to the left).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Folkdance Group Kavak (Dances from Anatolia), Antwerpen/Belgium & Wikipedia.