RAQS AL SHAMADAN
Raks al shamadan – dance with candelabra on head, is a style that we can see during wedding processions in Middle East, called zaffa. Zaffa music has a rhythm also called zaffa. Dancer can play on the zills during dancing. Nowadays, dancer and a group of musicians are leading a bride and groom to the wedding hall, in the past they were leading a bride to her new home.
Costume for raqs al shamadan consist of long galabeya like for baladi or saidi dance.
You can watch RAQS AL SHAMADAN DANCE here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmHNd5-JOQM&list=PL96B05D07D45442C7&index=3
And watch here the ZAFFA procession: