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What is the significance of Turkish dance?

In high-end hotels, restaurants or entertainment places in Istanbul, Izmir and other places in Turkey, people can often enjoy the mysterious Turkish religious dance-Zhuan Dance. Chuanwu originated from konya in central Turkey, also called konya Chuanwu. This is a group dance, and the dancers are usually men. When entering the venue, all the dancers were dressed in black robes and stood in their respective positions. The upper body is a white jacket, the lower body is a long white dress, a black belt is tied around the waist, and a khaki top hat is worn on the head. After the dance began, believers in white robes and khaki hats held their chests in their hands and tilted their heads to almost shoulder-height After the priest finished reading the Koran and praying, the believers took off their black robes representing the secular world. With the band playing, the dancers spread their arms, the right palm facing the sky, the left palm facing the ground, and the left foot as the center, constantly rotating.

The reason why dancers can keep spinning for ten or twenty minutes without changing color is because they have been trained professionally for a long time. When the dancers enter the arena, the black dress symbolizes everything in the world, and taking off the black robe means leaving the mortal world. The black belt left behind symbolizes your own body. The white coat and skirt represent God. The khaki hat symbolizes the grave. Dance movements also have unique meanings: the dancer's right hand receives the sacred grace in heaven and passes it on to the world through his left hand; Rotating with the left foot as the center of the circle means that everything in the world is endless, the seasons change, and the cycle begins again and again; Uninterrupted rotation means that dancers are getting closer and closer to God. The Rondo is divided into seven parts, meaning the seven days of Genesis. This kind of dance is created for meditation, and through monotonous and simple movements, it reaches the realm of tranquility and meditation in religion. The rotation of believers is to pursue the integration of heart, emotion and soul, and finally to achieve unity with God. Therefore, Turkish dance is included in the third batch of "representative works of oral and intangible heritage of mankind" (referred to as "intangible heritage") by UNESCO.