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Dances of Egypt [videorecording]

Title
Dances of Egypt [videorecording]
Publication
c1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Karim, Abdel
  • Ali, Aisha.
  • Associated Research in Arab Folklore (Firm).
Description
1 videocassette. 60 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Documentary on Egyptian folk dances, as filmed on location between 1971 and 1988 by Aisha Ali, who performs herself in two dances recorded in 1991. The musical group led by Rais Qinnawi appears in several segments. Urban and rural landscapes and scenes of daily life are interspersed with the dances.
Subject
  • Tahteeb (Dance)
  • Bambutiya (Dance)
  • Dance > Egypt
  • Belly dance
Note
  • Presented by Associated Research in Arab Folklore (ARAF). Producer, cinematographer, editor, narrator: Aisha Ali.
Contents
CONTENTS: Wedding festivities, including a procession and belly dancing. -- Awalem style dance, perf. by Ali. -- Zar ceremony, involving spirit possession. -- Whirling dervish dance, performed as a tourist entertainment. -- Zaffah, or wedding celebrations, filmed in Alexandria in 1983. -- Dancing horses. -- Performances by Banaat Maazin, an extended gypsy family of ghawazees, or public dancing girls, filmed in 1974 and 1983. -- Stick dance and tahtib, or combat dance with staves, filmed in 1983. -- Cane dance and women's duet, filmed in 1977. -- Bambutiya, a dance associated with peddlers on the docks, performed by Abdel Karim in 1977. -- Raks al sharqi, or belly dancing, perf. by Ali.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1878
OCLC
NYPY946060592-F
Title
Dances of Egypt [videorecording]
Imprint
c1991.
Local Subject
Television. Dances of Egypt.
Local Subject
Wedding dances and music.
Local Subject
Zār.
Dervish dances.
Ghawazees.
Horse ballets.
Stick dances -- Egypt.
Combat dances.
Added Author
Karim, Abdel, dancer.
Ali, Aisha. Producer. nrt, dancer.
Associated Research in Arab Folklore (Firm).
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1878
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