Music & Dance
The Kemence: The Fiddle of the Black Sea
The kemence, the slender three-stringed fiddle of the eastern Black Sea, is one of the two great instruments of Laz music alongside the tulum.Traditional Tulum Music of Lazistan
The tulum, the goatskin bagpipe of Lazistan: how it is made, how it is played, and the place it holds in Laz weddings and horon dancing.Volkan Konak
Volkan Konak, the Black Sea singer whose music carried the sound of the eastern Black Sea to audiences across Turkey.Laz Traditional Dances: The Horon
The horon is the heartbeat of Laz culture: discover the fast circle dance of the Black Sea coast, its tulum music, regional styles and communal meaning.
