Kayikçi (Retahila para balanceo)

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Kayikçi

Zelda Machorro Barbut (Istanbul)


This is probably the most well-known parent-child game among the Turkish Sephardim. The parent sits with the child on his/her knees, face-to-face, holding the child’s hands, and moving them like oars rowing in a boat (kayikci in Turkish). At the end, the parent lets the child lean backwards, as if falling.

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