TAHTIB
Tahtib is a folk Egyptian male dance called also a “stick/cane dance”. But first, tahtib was a fighting martial art from Upper Egypt – style of self-defense. The image of men fighting in this manner is in the Egyptian pyramids. Lately it evolved into a dance – imitation of a battle with a wooden stick. The stick is called asa or assaya.
Costume for tahtib consists of a dark galabeya and a white turban.
Music for tahtib dance is played on mizmar and bass drum.
Female version is called raqs al assaya, and next post will be about this dance 
Here you can watch TAHTIB DANCE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0PI8ETe68o