The young men in the foreground are performing a variant of the 'Yettem Halay', an American-Armenian dance that was created in California in the San Joaquin region near Fresno. The dancers exhibit great enthusiam and the emphasis is on stamina. Most halays were male-only and women do not participate traditionally. The older dancers on the periphery are doing variants of the 'Palutsi Halay' from the village of Palu in Kharpert, a traditional dance that puts more emphasis on style rather than on progressive traveling laterally. Originally male-only, it is now done by both genders, as you can see, and is characterized by the subtle flexations of the knees and the body sways. Very typical of New York Armenians.
hello, i am dancing in this video. we are not hamshentsi but the man who made the video is hamshentsi (i guess). we are western armenians from the eastern US. this is our version of kochari. hale is our word for kochari. thank you.
This is Hale from Fresno. It's a modification of Hale from Kharpert (Harput). Hale is the Kharpert dialect pronunciation of "Halay". But in Turkish Halay means any circle dance. For the old established Armenian-Americans who were mostly from Kharpert the word Hale took on the meaning of a men's dance equivalent to Kochari. Kochari is the word used in Erzurum and Kars provinces.
@@hayots_lernashkharh It's Western Armenian and Anatolian generally not necessarily just Dikranagertsi. The oud player Mr. John Berberian was born in New York to parents from Gesaria. This is a common Armenian American dance. It could have roots from various areas in its styling but it's created in Fresno, California. The individual who created it had family roots in Erzurum and I think it might be somewhat based on their version of Kochari. However, many of the young men dancing in this video indeed are of Dikranagerd descent and are from New Jersey.
@@hayots_lernashkharh I am one of the young guys dancing in the center group in the video. We had a great time that day at St. Gregory's Armenian Church, White Plains, NY.
@@hayots_lernashkharh those who created this style of music came to America from not just Dikranagerd but Kharpert (mostly), Sepastia, Malatia, Arabkir, Marash, Adana, Gesaria, Bolis, Izmir, and yes even a handful from Moush and Van.
The young men in the foreground are performing a variant of the 'Yettem Halay', an American-Armenian dance that was created in California in the San Joaquin region near Fresno. The dancers exhibit great enthusiam and the emphasis is on stamina. Most halays were male-only and women do not participate traditionally.
The older dancers on the periphery are doing variants of the 'Palutsi Halay' from the village of Palu in Kharpert, a traditional dance that puts more emphasis on style rather than on progressive traveling laterally. Originally male-only, it is now done by both genders, as you can see, and is characterized by the subtle flexations of the knees and the body sways. Very typical of New York Armenians.
hello, i am dancing in this video. we are not hamshentsi but the man who made the video is hamshentsi (i guess). we are western armenians from the eastern US. this is our version of kochari. hale is our word for kochari. thank you.
This is Hale from Fresno. It's a modification of Hale from Kharpert (Harput). Hale is the Kharpert dialect pronunciation of "Halay". But in Turkish Halay means any circle dance. For the old established Armenian-Americans who were mostly from Kharpert the word Hale took on the meaning of a men's dance equivalent to Kochari. Kochari is the word used in Erzurum and Kars provinces.
it looks pretty dikranagerdtsi from the sound and the style the oud is played, as well as the dances.
@@hayots_lernashkharh It's Western Armenian and Anatolian generally not necessarily just Dikranagertsi. The oud player Mr. John Berberian was born in New York to parents from Gesaria. This is a common Armenian American dance. It could have roots from various areas in its styling but it's created in Fresno, California. The individual who created it had family roots in Erzurum and I think it might be somewhat based on their version of Kochari. However, many of the young men dancing in this video indeed are of Dikranagerd descent and are from New Jersey.
@@hayots_lernashkharh I am one of the young guys dancing in the center group in the video. We had a great time that day at St. Gregory's Armenian Church, White Plains, NY.
@@hayots_lernashkharh those who created this style of music came to America from not just Dikranagerd but Kharpert (mostly), Sepastia, Malatia, Arabkir, Marash, Adana, Gesaria, Bolis, Izmir, and yes even a handful from Moush and Van.
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who are the musicians?
inch havesov en, mardu pareln el e galis.. apreq duq hamshenciner
Soy khağigun...
foolishness
music is haleh but dance is something they made up. that's no haleh