XXV.TURKISH CULTURE FESTIVAL COMPETITION DARICA - ANTALYA- FOCA - BURSA ISTANBUL DANCE SEMINAR ORIANTAL -ROMAN TURKIS-GREECE

***** TURKISH  PRACTICE FOLK  DANCE

ORIANTAL DANCE  SEMINAR / ISTANBUL 

 XXV.TURKISH FESTIVALS COMPETITION              

 HARMAN FOLKLORE YOUHT CLUB ISTANBUL / TURKIYE  ( Culture, Festival ORG.) was found in 1987 from ISTANBUL in TURKEY . HARMANFOLK CULTURE & FESTIVAL ORG. arranges six different INT. CULTURE FESTIVAL - COMPETITION between  April – September  every year in  TURKEY. folk music, brass band, Chorus, Modern dance, theatre groups from all ages take place in TURKEY.

IX.ISTANBUL DARICA  CULTURE COMPETITION - FESTIVAL.
DATES :   27.31 AUGUST  FESTIVAL -COMPETITION  20..24. NOVEMBER  Festival-Competition..
ISTCUP   CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AND AWARD.
GROUPS : folkdance  modern dance , bale dance , solo duet trio dance Chorus Chorus folk music instrumantal music traditional folk music Majorette Brass band.....
COMPETITIONS CATEGORIES  : 7 Ages and under Children .. 8.16 ages. Youth. 17 and up Adults and 50 Ages and up Veterans..
FREE ACTIVITIES.. Historical are Sultanahmet.   ST Sofia Topkapi Place Grand Bazaar Puplic bazaar Shopping centrum.. Uskudar Kadikoy. Maltepe city vizit tours..and shooping centrums special Bosphorus boat tour in europa asia.. 15 euro.. international dance music  teacing ...dance seminar
ACCOMIDATIONS
UNIVERSTY DORMITORY : 4 night stay Universty dormitory 3.4.5 people one room including w.c and shower.3 meals per day.
PARTICIPATE FEE.. 80 EURO
3*** hotel in  istanbul.Darice centrum  per person 4 night 190 euro.. Open breakfast dinner 2.3 person one  rooms .
5***** Centrum istanbul  kadikoy bostanci greenpark hotel.. Darica Elit hotel .per person 4 night 230 euro.. Open breakfast dinner 2.3 person.
ISTCUP   CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AND AWARD. All participants will receive plaques and certificates, and one or two third-place trophies will be awarded in all categories. The participant with the highest overall score will receive the ISTCUP trophy and a 20,000 TL festival first prize. The ISTCUP Istanbul trophy, which is also a cash prize, will be awarded to the highest scoring participant.

FESTIVAL- COMPETITION GENERAL CONDITIONS : Competition are   open for both amateur culture groups and all groups may enter the competition in maximum 2 categories. Expert jury members select from abroad. The International jury will evaluate the competitors according to their performance in competition. Competitions are held with international referees and international rules are valid.

 Competitions perfornances min 6 max 8 minute ( folk dance music chorus brassband) . Performances are approximately 10-12  minutes. All groups will show of their performance  2  nights. All performance will be two categorie CHILDREN  CATEGORIE  min. 3 age max. 8  years of age  YOUTH  CATEGORIE  max. 16 years of age ( can be over 16 till 18, %20 )   ADULT CATEGORIE min. 16 years of age (  can be less 16, %20 ) VETERAN  CATEGORIE  50 years of age (  can be less 46 , %20 )

ENTRY FEE : NO  entry fee . If groups will not participate competition they will play performance.

CHORUS - FOLK MUSIC & FOLK INSTRUMENTAL  RULES OF THE COMPETITION : Expert jury members select from abroad. The International jury will evaluate the competitors according to their performance in competition. Chorus can make their own repertoire and are free to choice of the songs for competition.

Chorus must prepare songs for competition in time limits.  Minimum 6 minutes, maximum 8 minutes. The time starts with the first song and finishes with the last song together with breaks between the songs. If the groups pass the limited time, for the first 20 seconds, won’t be any cut of the point. But if they pass 8 minutes 20 seconds till 8 minutes 40 seconds there will be 1 point cut from the total point. Competitions perfornances min 6 max 8 minute (  music chorus brassband) . Performances are approximately 10-12  minutes

SOLO AND DUET DANCE & MUSIC COMPETITION : The competition will be organized folk solo -duet and modern dance solo –duet trio, Qoatre. The folk performance should be done with traditional music and traditional costumes. Modern dance solo duet is free costumes and free dance. It should be min 2 -4      
TRANSPORTATION;   If the groups will come with their own buses,they will make all trips with their own bus. Groups are going to by PLANE, we are going to hire the bus for their all ground transportations.  Groups will pay this bus cost. Bus, serves throughout the festival dates (Airport transfers, excursions program transfers (group will visit historical area in Europe side only once), and transfers to the field performance). At the first day of the festival transportation fee should be paid to the festival committee. . If group number of.  participant  less than 14 per person per day  bus cost is  20 euro €. , 
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 ** XII. ANTALYA CULTURE FESTIVAL   29 SEPTEMBER- 02 OCTOBER  

ANTALYA INFO  :  Antalya, the most beautiful city in the World, located at the south of Turkey near Mediterranean Sea shore, every year has been visiting more than 10 Million tourists from all over the World mostly Russian, German people have their own houses. Antalya has just wonderful climate, tourism season usually start second week of March till the end of November, let’s say 9 months summer. During the summer period no rain, no cloudy but always sunny and just brilliant blue sky.  Summer time temperature 40-45 C around, the best season September temperature 35 C around no rain and Sea water at least 27 C around.

ANTALYA HOTEL ACCOMMODATION  

**** 4 Star HOTEL per day per person  40 Euro   

We will organise  to    4 ****  hotel  3 meals traditional open buffet breakfast  + lunch + dinner.  including 3 swimming pool and the wonderful beach Antalya. Rooms are 2 beds  3 beds including air-condition, TV,  all days soft dring free

TRANSPORTATION : The participant groups must pay their own travel expenses from their Country to Antalya and return. If groups coming by  their own bus, they will use the bus for all ground transportations.  . If group number of participant  less than 10 person per day  bus cost is  15 euro €., more than 15 people per person per day 10 euro €. Group should hotel the deposit 600 Euro .  

INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL SANSEV  CHOIR  FESTIVAL 8-12 MAY 

  CHORUS MUSİC :  CHORUS GROUPS  Children Youth Female Male Mixed groups

ACCOMMODATIONS 

 *** 3   HOTEL       190 € / per person/ all Festival breakfast –dinner  4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS. ISTANBUL ISTANBUL Centrum.each room has 2-3-4 beds.. We will provide to you Two  meals per day Breakfast+Dinner. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double rooms..

     *****  4- 5   HOTEL                 230 € / 4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS. per person/ all Festival Open Buffet traditional and World meal. Swimmingpool sauna sport saloon Turkish hamam.  ISTANBUL Centrum  each room has 2-3 beds.. We will provide to you Two  meals per day Breakfast+Dinner. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double rooms..

FOCA INT. CULTURE / ART FESTIVAL 25-29 MAY 

The festival participation fee is 185 Euros per person.**** 4   HOTEL  SEASİDE per person/ all Festival breakfast –dinner  4 NIGHTS 5 DAYSPerformances will last 5, 10, or 15 minutes. Groups can perform with live music, pre-recorded CDs,   or music from external USB drives (MP3/WAV format).

*** VIII. INTERNATIONAL IZNIK / BURSA  LAKE CULTURE FESTIVA 9-12 JUNE      12-16  JULY   

 The festival participation fee is 190 Euros per person.*** 3   HOTEL                   190 € / per person/ all Festival breakfast –dinner  4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS. ISTANBUL ISTANBUL Centrum.each room has 2-3-4 beds.. We will provide to you Two  meals per day Breakfast+Dinner. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double rooms..

  **** XXV.ISTANBUL EURASIA CULTURE FESTIVALS & COMPETITION   -04-08  JUNE  16-20 JULY  -- 27-31 AUGUST 20-24 NOVEMBER ( festival-competition)

** 2   HOTEL    180 € / per person/  *** 3   HOTEL       190 € / per person/

all Festival breakfast –dinner  4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS. ISTANBUL ISTANBUL Centrum.each room has 2-3-4 beds.. We will provide to you Two  meals per day Breakfast+Dinner. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double rooms..

     *****   4-5   HOTEL                 230 € / 4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS. per person/ all Festival Open Buffet traditional and World meal. Swimmingpool sauna sport saloon Turkish hamam.  ISTANBUL Centrum  each room has 2-3 beds.. We will provide to you Two  meals per day Breakfast+Dinner. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double rooms..

TRANSPORTATION;   If the groups will come with their own buses,they will make all trips with their own bus. Groups are going to by PLANE, we are going to hire the bus for their all ground transportations.  Groups will pay this bus cost. Bus, serves throughout the festival dates (Airport transfers, excursions program transfers (group will visit historical area in Europe side only once), and transfers to the field performance). At the first day of the festival transportation fee should be paid to the festival committee. . If group number of participant  less than 18-44 per person per day  bus cost is 15 euro €.  for the  solo duet participate Between 1-4 people cost   per person per day  20 euro € .

If groups want to vizit historical cities ( Bursa -Antalya - Side pamukkale- Capadokia) we can arrange before or after festival..

***** TURKISH  PRACTICE FOLK  DANCE

ORIANTAL DANCE  SEMINAR / ISTANBUL ...  

21-24 NOVEMBER 195 EURO  3 NIGHT 

 Duration of the seminar participants will learn different region part of Turkish traditional folk dance (Middle East, East and North of Turkey Black Sea dances), trakia –balkans dance – greece sirtaki-zeybetiko -  Ciftetelli-Karsilama and oriental dance.

HARMANFOLK ORG. WAS FOUNDED IN 1987. Nowadays have 160 members of children, young students and adult’s group lovers of Turkish traditional dancing, song and music. They are between the ages of 8-70. Harman repertoire consists have of our origin in various parts of TURKEY and which are based on our rich folklore heritage with fast and dynamic footwork, natural image and colourful costumes. A great number of awards and medals are the best confirmation about HARMAN group’s quality; they were the World champion at the outantic competition in Italy 2000.

Harman has been regularly arranging very famous Turkish belly Dance seminar since 2000 .In 2001 there was a Canadian Group , 80 people had been teach  very famous Dance teachers. In 2002 there were  two lady from Holland , came here to learn only Turkish oriental belly Dance . In  July there was a Group from Norway and their group leader name Helene ,who has approximately 50 dancer students in her country ,brought  here a group and we offered  them excellent program .  some groups participated for practice Traditional folklore, orinatal and Ciftetelli dance . We went to Larissa in Greece and we teached Turkish dance  to the groups from Norway and Greece in 2004 , 2008 france , 2010 hollanda Amsterdam 2015 makedonia skpoje, 2018 geoergia batumi, 2020 rusia yakutia 2023 Istanbul .  

COURSE : There will be  teachers well known English and experienced in International dance. 1 Turkish Folk+Trakia balkans dance  teacher,  2 Turkish musicians, 1 Oriental dance teacher,  1  Ciftetelli+ Roman dance  teacher ( karsilama 9/8 ) and 1 Black sea ( Pontus Black sea) Greek dance sirtaki zeybetiko. Per day 3-4 hours ( 14-16 hours)

ACCOMMODATION : Participants will stay at hotel. Three stars  hotel is  in centrum Istanbul.  breakfast and dinner just delicious famous Turkish meals. We would like to let you know that during the June weather is quite hot enough (30 C degree around) so they will be able to swim at the sea.

FEE      : PER PERSON 350 EURO 10 PEOPLE 1 FREE                                    TIME  :  5 NIGHT 6 DAYS BREAKFAST DINNER 3 STAR HOTEL ( per room 2-3 people)

TRANSFER : From airport to the hotel, from hotel to the seminar place and back by bus and istanbul shooping and tours. 

  MEDICIAL INSURANCE : All groups are required to secure MEDICIAL INSURANCE. FOLK SEMINAR won’t pay for any medicinal or hospital costs incurred by seminar participants during the seminar. We will provide the healthy service during the festival 24 hours but we are not taken any responsibility some medicinal expenses also surgeon operation.

FREE ACTIVITIES DURING THE SEMINAR  : What you will have of your leisure time at the period of festival? , here they are:

You will be able to see the famous historical and touristy places and shopping at the GRAND BAZAAR, which provide an amusing opportunity of all entertainments of shopping mix the east and west. Grand Bazaar is the oldest art and largest shopping centre in the world, it’s covered more than 30 hectares of the land in this labyrinth system of streets and passages there are more than 18 entrances and approximately 400.000 daily visitors. Countless products coming from the east, west, north and the south meet here .Million of choices provide shopping with a great pleasure. All kind of products are supplied such as carpets, jewellery, silverware gifts, souvenirs, hand make crafts, leather wear, coppers etc.. We say the Grand Bazaar is the centre of the World. Istanbul known as the Capital of Empires was founded 2600 years ago. Approximately 5 million tourists visit this splendid city every year. You will also be able to notice the affect of OTTOMAN – BYZANTIUM cultures. 

You are going to see famous Topkapi place that has served the residence and political headquarter for ottoman sultans for 400 years, SULTANAHMET CENTRUN - MOSQUE, and Blue mosque and SAINT SOPHIA , GRAND BAAZAR EGYP BAAZAR, MAHMUTPASA STREET Participation  groups  will be able to see PUBLIC BAZAAR and big SUPER MARKET. Traditional excursion by private boat along the waterway (BOSPHORUS) 

OTHER ACTIVITIES: The main goal at the international folklore festival is all the participators who return home to gain a lot of new friends and great memories. A traditional excursion by private boat along the waterway (BOSPHORUS) its 30 km long separating EUROPE-ASIA will be excellent and full of unforgettable breathtaking sceneries. Duration in four hours you can not imagine how amusing funs you will have, let me allow explaining you. You will listen our best pop songs ,belly dance music’s On the other hand if you desire, We can arrange for you activities TURKISH BATH ( HAMAM)DERWISH SHOW  AND Turkish night show. ( IF YOU ARE INTEREST IN TURKISH MEALS WE CAN ALSO ARRANGE A TURISTIC TURKISH NIGHT (WITH MAIL) YOU CAN TASTE OUR SPECIAL ALCOHOL ' RAKI 'EVERY EVINING YOU CAN ENJOY THE REAL MUSIC HALL IN GOOD TASTE WITH BEAUTIFUL BELLY DANCING. TYPICAL FOLKDANCES, FOLKSONGS FROM ANATOLIA AND THERE ARE ALWAYS IRRESISTABLE RHYTHMS TO DANCE TO. IN A REFINED SURROUNDING YOU WILL ENJOY THE NIGHT OF ISTANBUL.)

 Finally we say the SEMINAR  will stay with you unforgettable wonderful sweet memories the rest of your life forever.

Now we are sending you Official application form, if you are AGREE and ACCEPT the conditions, please fill up the form and sent it back to us with attachment file A.S A.P 

  Euro)  before festival, in order to pay to hotel reservation, For to avoid misunderstanding please write your   group  name title of the receipt and send a copy of receipt whenever you transferred the money (deposit fee)   All payments have to be pay in cash (travel-cheque not acceptable) at the first day of the festival. This deposit is non-refund

PARTICIPATED COUNTRIES : ( 2000-2024 )( America, Armenia , Bask Country Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Ecuador Hungary, Kazakhstan, Chile, Colombia,  Poland, Italia, Sicilia, Lithuania, Latvia, , Georgia, Holland, Norway, Greece, Korea, , India, Russia, Croatia, Taiwan, , Siberia, Mexico, Latvia, , Spain, Sweden Serbia,   Slovakia ,Slovenia,  Estonia, China, Japan, North Cyprus, Romania, Yakut, ( folklore, brass band, Chorus, Modern dance, theatre groups. CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULT).

TRANSFER : From airport to the hotel, from hotel to the seminar place and back by bus and istanbul shooping and tours. 

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