Hi girls.
I have to apologize for the confusion I created as about the Arabian Chifteteli rhythm
. Of course it is not 6/8 but 8/4. I probably had a black out, when I was writing that posting.
So, Arabian Chifteteli: slow 8/4 rhythm, mainly used bei Taksims (instrument solos, therefore also the name "Taksim").
Greek Tsifteteli: most usually 4/4 Maqsoum rhythm, in some cases Baladi (Masmoudi saghir) rhythm, in seldom cases 8/4 Chifteteli (which is used almost only as intro, at the beginning of a song) and in even more seldom cases Saidi (only at modern Tsifteteli songs, usually if the song is a "cover" from a modern Arabian song).
The song I'm dancing on the clip is one of the oldest Greek Tsifteteli songs, first Rembetiko generation so to say. That's why it is sung partially in Turkish (the refrain), because the Greeks who came from Smyrna (today Izmir) were either bilingual or they even spoke only Turkish. I'll tell more to the song on the youtube forum.