Kolbasti Dance (Turkey) - Night of Asia 2007

Night of Asia 2007: Kolbasti (Turkey) is a Turkish folk dance originally created in the 1930s in the seaport of Trabzon on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. Loosely translated, 'kolbastı' means 'caught red-handed by the police.' According to legend, the name comes from nightly police patrols of the city to round up drunks, who made up a song with the lyrics: 'They came, they caught us, they beat us' (in Turkish: 'Geldiler, bastılar, vurdular'.) In the past few years this dance has grown very popular and is mostly used for weddings or by youngsters who like to show off and attract girls. Performed by Turkish Dance Students on September 30, 2017 at Morocco Shrine Auditorium, Jacksonville, Florida.