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Moorish - Moroccan - Spanish Style Belly Dance
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Moorish Flamenco
The very word "flamenco" comes from Arabic: “fellah al mangu”. The flamenco dance came from the Moors (Moroccans) that ruled Andalucia (southern Spain) for about 900 years. There is a 'moorish' style of flamenco dance that hints at what it might have been - it's performed barefoot.
In Maghrebi Arabic (Morocco), "zambra" means party. In Levantine Arabic, it's "hafla", in Egyptian it's "farrah"...... Thus Zambra Mora: Moorish party. It is done barefoot, with finger cymbals, the blouse/shirt is tied under the bust & the skirt is tight around the hips, then flares out & has a ruffle at the end. The movements are entirely hippy/undulatory.....
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Hagallah-Lybia
It is a coming - of - age dance for a young girl (the Hagallah). It is done by ONE young girl, dressed in a long kaftan, whose face & head are totally covered. REAL Haggala is just lovely (& a real fun dance!): it is about celebrating a young girl's sorta reaching puberty, to tell her how beautiful she is becoming & what a wonderful wife & mother she will make & what a lucky man the one who marries her will be. (This is the gist of what the Kefafim chant: it is SO lovely & poetic!) Her head is covered to protect her modesty & her & her family's "reputations" in front of the men *&*, when in its real cultural context (as versus for entertainment by a professioanl at a wedding or Moulid), this dance/ ceremony would be the turning point in her life after which she would wear the burkha or face veil & be eligible to be married.
Sources:
www.bdancer. com/med-guide/culture/origins.html
www.zilltech. com/FAQStylesHagallah.html#Hagallah
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