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13th October 2014, 12:39 PM
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Dancing with a sword
After dancing with a star...
As it is a very popular subject, I opened this thread on the sword dance. It is a very old tradition in the Arab world, performed by male and female. Even the short French guy did it! If you have any old photograph or comments... Regards, Kubur |
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14th October 2014, 01:24 AM
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Well the female painting and the old Syrian photo are not realistic to say the least. I am not sure about Egyptian bellydancers using swords too but maybe.
As for males dancing with swords, yes its an old tradition. There is the gulf Arab Ardha and the Omani razha. There is a Yemeni dance too. I had a topic about it somewhere. |
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14th October 2014, 05:42 AM
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Cossacks dancing with Kinjals
Dancing with swords is a fun way to pass the time in many places!
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14th October 2014, 11:00 AM
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As sword dance is a moving art here's a few vids, I found fascinating & educational ...
Enjoy! spiral Fiery Russian....Excellent! russian linky ................................................. Arab via USA....Beautiful! another linky.. ...................................... The famous Omani warriors sword dance....x2 yet another linky! ]x2 ...................................... Korean....Wow again... ..................................... Qatari ...{Its lucky these guys don't drink....} linky... ................................ Indian army Gorkha last one... Last edited by spiral; 14th October 2014 at 11:19 AM. |
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17th October 2014, 10:31 AM
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Some pictures
   
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