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  2. Dance in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Dancing played an important role in the lives of the ancient Egyptians. However, men and women are never depicted dancing together. [1] [2] The trf was a dance performed by a pair of men during the Old Kingdom. [3] Dance groups were accessible to perform at dinner parties, banquets, lodging houses, and even religious temples.

  3. Remember the Time - Wikipedia

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    This video features a physically complicated dance routine that became the centerpiece of other videos from the Dangerous album. The music video was generally well received by music critics. Ira Robbins of Entertainment Weekly described the "Remember the Time" video as being a "gorgeous ancient Egyptian extravaganza". [6] The music video ...

  4. Zaffa - Wikipedia

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    In Egyptian culture, [1] the zaffa (Egyptian Arabic: زفـّـة / ALA-LC: zaffah), or wedding march, is a musical procession of bendir drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers and men carrying flaming swords. This is an ancient Egyptian tradition that predates Islam.

  5. Music of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Sawahli (coastal) music is a type of popular Egyptian music from the country's northern coast, and is based around ancient Egyptian instrumentals, mainly the simsimiyya, which is an indigenous Egyptian stringed instrument that has its roots in ancient Egypt, it---the simsimiyya---was probably introduced to the country's northern coast from the ...

  6. Belly dance - Wikipedia

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    Belly dance today is a dance used by various artists among which are Rihanna, Beyoncé, Fergie, however the greatest representative of this dance is the Colombian singer Shakira, [39] who led this dance to position it as her trademark, with her songs Whenever Wherever and Ojos Así, however thanks to the song Hips Don't Lie, her hip dance ...

  7. Tahtib - Wikipedia

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    Image of two ancient Egyptian men practicing tahtib on an ostracon. 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]

  8. Sistrum - Wikipedia

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    A sesheshet-type sistrum, shaped like a naos, Twenty-sixth Dynasty (ca. 580–525 BCE). The sistrum was a sacred instrument in ancient Egypt. Perhaps originating in the worship of Bat, it was used in dances and religious ceremonies, particularly in the worship of the goddess Hathor, with the U-shape of the sistrum's handle and frame seen as resembling the face and horns of the cow goddess. [9]

  9. Shezmu - Wikipedia

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    Shezmu (alternatively Schesmu and Shesmu) is an ancient Egyptian deity with a contradictory character. He was worshiped from the early Old Kingdom period. [2] He was considered a god of ointments, perfume, and wine. In this role, he was associated with festivities, dancing, and singing.