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Yaghūth. Yatha. v. t. e. Arab folk dances ( Arabic: رقص عربي, romanized :raqs ʿarabiyy ), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including the three main types of folklore, classical, and contemporary.
Dabke ( Arabic: دبكة also spelled dabka, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) [ 1] is a Levantine folk dance, [ 2][ 3] particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities. [ 4] Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions.
Khaleegy' or Khaliji (from Arabic خليج) is a mixture of modern style and traditional folkloric dance from the Persian Gulf countries of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The name of the dance literally means "gulf" in Arabic and it is performed by women at weddings and other social events.
The traditional dances of the Middle East ( Arabic: رقص شرق أوسطي) (also known as Oriental dance) span a large variety of folk traditions throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia . For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows: Western dance is also incorporated in the ...
The Mayyas. The Mayyas ( Arabic: مَيّاس) are a Lebanese all-female alternative precision dance group. The company has 36 dancers, and their routines are choreographed by Nadim Cherfan. The group's name means "the proud walk of a lioness" in Arabic . In 2019, the Mayyas reached the semifinals of Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and took ...
The yowlah involves dance, drum music, and chanted poetry; its routine is meant to simulate a battle scene. Two rows of about twenty men face each other, carrying thin sticks of bamboo to signify spears or swords. (The performance can alternatively make use of dummy rifles made entirely of wood and metal plating or real rifles, swords, or spears.)
An important contributing factor to the violence exercised on women in the Arab world is the idea of ta’ah (obedience). It is a religio-cultural idea which suggests that women and men are equal before God, however, their responsibilities are not the same. In addition, ta’ah justifies men’s physical abuse over women.
Names and terminology. "Belly dance" is a translation of the French term danse du ventre. The name first appeared in 1864 in a review of the Orientalist painting The Dance of the Almeh by Jean-Léon Gérôme. [ 13][ 14] The first known use of the term "belly dance" in English is found in Charles James Wills, In the land of the lion and sun: or ...