Kaşık Havası (Turkish: Kaşık Havası, spoon tune) or Kaşık Oyunları (Turkish: Kaşık Oyunları, spoon dances; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χορός κουταλιών) are folk dances mostly spread over the Mediterranean region and have a varying structure of their arrangement, performance, rhythmic, and melodic characteristics.[1] [2] They are always rendered with wooden spoons and the characteristic measure is or . The instruments used are beast bow (later violin), baglama and clarinet, in general, they are accompanied by folk songs.[3]