🇪🇬 The dances of Egypt
8 dances from Egypt, best known first, across 3 cities and regions.
Cities and regions of Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreBelly danceرقص شرقي
A Middle Eastern dance focused on hip and torso articulation.Folk dance · Solo
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreZaffaزفـّـة
A wedding procession with music and dance across the Arab worldFolk dance · Procession · Group
🇪🇬 EgyptTahtibتحطيب
A stick-fighting martial art turned folk dance from Upper EgyptFolk dance · Solo · Couple
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreSufi whirling
A meditative spinning dance practiced by Sufi dervishes during worship ceremoniesRitual dance · Solo · Group
🇪🇬 EgyptRaqs sharqiرقص شرقي
The classical Egyptian stage style of belly dance developed in the early twentieth century.Social dance · Solo
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 1 moreMezmarمزمار
A group stick dance with drumming and singing from western Saudi ArabiaFolk dance · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreHooping
An object manipulation art form using a rotating hoop around the body or in tricks.Social dance · Solo · Group
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreSamaسَماع (samā)
A Sufi ritual of listening, prayer, and whirling dance to reach spiritual ecstasyRitual dance · Circle · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Raqs sharqi: 13th century artist, Public domain, source
- Hooping: AbsconditumEtIncognitum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sufi whirling: myself, Public domain, source
- Tahtib: Yasser Elrasoul, CC BY-SA 4.0, source