Tsifteteli (Greek: τσιφτετέλι) or Çiftetelli, is a rhythm and belly dance of Anatolia and the Balkans (particularly Greece).
[1][2] In Turkish the word means "double stringed", taken from the violin playing style that is practiced in this kind of music.
[4] Despite this, it has established itself as the most popular and most common Greek dance together with Zeibekiko.
[5] Nowadays it is found not only in Greece and Turkey, but also in the entirety of the Southeastern Mediterranean region.
[1] The characteristic rhythm is in 8/4 time, arranged as either 3/3/2 eighth-notes followed by 2/2/2/xx (the last beat being silent), or sometimes the first measure is played as 2/2/x1/1x.