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    Ghawazi (also ghawazee) (Egyptian Arabic: الغوازي) are female dancers who danced in return for money in public settings, and the streets. There were male...
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  • term ghawazi in Egypt refers to the dancers in rural Egypt who have preserved the traditional 18th to 19th century style. The Arabic غوازي ghawāzī (singular...
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    (primarily musicians and poets), Ghawazi. The Maazin sisters may have been the last authentic performers of Ghawazi dance in Egypt, with Khayreyya Maazin...
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    small, rapid foot movements paired with vigorous torso and hip movements. Ghawazi, Ghawazy (Arabic: غوازي) (also ghawazee) dancers of Egypt were a group...
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  • routes. Among the various Domari subgroups, they were initially part of Ghawazi who were known for their dancing and music business. Some Muslim Roma may...
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  • Romani community. India—Kalbelia people gathering in celebration. Egypt—Ghawazi people sing and dance while children observe and begin to learn the artistic...
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    related to Nautch. Look up Nautch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mujra Ghawazi Bacha bazi Devadasi Tawaif Dance bar Dance in India Indian classical dance...
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    mainly dressed in feminine clothes and outfits. The khawal imitated female ghawazi by dancing with castanet self accompaniment, painting their hands with...
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    sensual "Kouta Kouta" or "Hoochie Coochie" belly dances, performed mostly by Ghawazi dancers making their first appearance in America. In an era where women...
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    women dancers were not socially acceptable and in Arabia, "the unveiled ghawazi, who performed publicly for men, were not respected". One of the effects...
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    dancing. The use of zill in belly dancing is particularly present in the Ghawazi, a line of hereditary dancers. Zills are also important in some rituals...
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  • bands that was later adopted by Roma in the Balkans Flamenco Belly dance Ghawazi Hacha'a or also known as Kawliya dance. Russian Romani dance is characterized...
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    Reinhardt. Belly dancing is a form of dance invented by The Domari of Egypt or Ghawazi, however it was originally seen as "ghetto" and "low class" until the native...
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  • Đevrlić, Ottoman janissary and civil servant Kuchuk Hanem (fl. 1850–1870), Ghawazi famed beauty and dancer Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha (1830–1914), Ottoman statesman...
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    people's dances in their original surroundings, from desert Bedouins to the Ghawazi (Gagar), in the villages, souks and cities, always looking for new dance...
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  • to Mexican mariachi, Celtic to cumbia, country to jazz, middle eastern Ghawazi dancers,” hip-hoppers and folkloric dancers, poets and puppets. The three-day...
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