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Way Back Wednesday

Way Back Wednesday – zaafen – Yemeni group dance featured at weddings and celebrations. When performed by men, very sprightly steps in a group similar to dabke, but with athletic squats – like Cossac dance. Women perform a gentler version. http://www.ketisharif.com/article-glossary.html

Way Back Wednesday

Way Back Wednesday – zaar – Egyptian trance dance and spiritual cleansing ritual that involves shaking the body and flicking the hair. Borkhul (incense) is sometimes brought out by the dancer in a brass holder, and the dance begins slowly, building up to a frenzied trance state, with hair flicking. http://www.ketisharif.com/article-glossary.html  

Way Back Wednesday

Way Back Wednesday – zaffah – Arabic term for wedding, also, a characteristic rhythm for a wedding procession, usually with many drummers and mizmar players with a folkloric dance group in the centre of the festivities. http://www.ketisharif.com/article-glossary.html