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Tahtib (Egyptian Arabic: تحطيب, romanized: taḥṭīb) is the term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art [1] originally named fan a'nazaha wa-tahtib ("the art of being straight and honest through the use of stick"). [2] The original martial version of tahtib later evolved into an Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick.
The Old Plantation, a watercolour painting from the 1780s, showing a slave performing a stick dance on a South Carolina plantation.. Stick dance was a dance style that African–Americans developed on American plantations during the slavery era, where dancing was used to practice "military drills" among the slaves, where the stick used in the dance was in fact a disguised weapon.
Stick dance may refer to: Stick dance (African-American), a dance developed by American slaves; Emirati stick dance, a traditional group dance of United Arab Emirates and Oman; Ball de bastons, a European ritual dance; Dandiya Raas, a dance of Gujarat origin; Jocul cu bâtă, a Romanian folk dance; Laathi nach, also known as the Tharu stick dance
[10] [13] Garba which is the renowned folk dance of Gujarat is an integral part of Navratri Celebrations.It has earned the 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH) tag from Unesco. The garba of Gujarat is the 15th ICH element from India to be inscribed on the Unesco list. [14] The Tippani dance originated in the Chorwad region of ...
Mezmar or mizmar (Arabic: مزمار al-mizmar) is a traditional group performance and stick song-dance that is performed by in the Hejaz region in western Saudi Arabia for festive occasions such as wedding and national events.
Raas or Dandiya Raas is the socio-religious folk dance originating from Indian state of Gujarat and popularly performed in the festival of Navaratri. [1] [2] The dance is performed in the Marwar region of Rajasthan too. [3]
This makes for a dance that looks like "mock stick combat". (Also, traditionally in Maculelê, the players wear dried grass skirts). Maculelê has steps similar to many other Brazilian dances such as "frevo" from Pernambuco, "Moçambique" from São Paulo, "Cana-verde" from Vassouras-RJ, "Bate-pau" from Mato Grosso, "Tudundun" from Pará among ...
Women dancing at Bhadrachalam. Kolannalu or kolkolannalu (also named kolattam), 'stick dance', is one of the most popular dance narratives in the Southern part of India. It is a rural art usually performed during village festivals. It is a combination of rhythmic movements, songs and music.