ESKANDARANI Eskandarani or Iskandarani is an urban folklore from Alexandria, the port city in Egypt. Eskandarani outfit is quite unusual – it consists of a short dress to knees, with flounces, a headscarf with tassels or flowers and high heels. Eskandarani can be danced with a large black shawl called melaya – then the dance […]
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Dance style: SAIDI
SAIDI Saidi is a folk dance from the Upper Egypt region of Said. This style was introduced on stage by Mahmoud Reda. I mentioned the male version of this dance with the cane called tahtib in the previous post – saidi is it’s female version. It can also be danced with a cane made of […]
Dance style: TAHTIB
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 […]