DABKA mahtab

Dance style: DABKE

DABKE

Dabke or debkah, debka, dabki  is a folk dance form from Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Male and female dancers are dancing in lines or circle. Characteristic are jumps and combinations of steps. Traditionally it was danced to beat the clay which was a material for building roofs of houses.

Music for the dabke dance is played on oud, daff, riq, arghul and mijwiz. One of the most popular dabke songs is “Dal Ouna”.

 

You can watch DABKE DANCE here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhL3VMtD5pQ