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performance of "El Tanoura" consists of 3
parts: The introduction which is a demonstration
of the various musicians and their instruments.
The Tanoura presentation dance, which is a warm-up of
sorts introducing the dancers, and finally the Sufic
Tanoura dance (Darawishes)
-The philosophical
basis for the spinning is from the Mawlawis who say
that the movement in the world begins at a certain
point and end at the same point, therefore the
movement has to be circular.
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here to watch a "Tanoura" performance by
the "El Tanoura Troups for Cultural
Heritage" which has performed this dance in
over 30 countries |
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dancer moves himself, he is like the sun and the dancers around
him like the planets. The dancer unties and removes four
different skirts during the finale. Their various
roundabouts symbolize the succession of the four seasons and their
anti-clockwise movement is exactly like the movement around the
"Kaaba" (the holy Shrine in Mecca)
When the dancer raises his right
arm up and points his left arm down, this represents the joining
of earth and heaven together. When he turns himself around,
it is said that he enters a trance-like state, trying to become
light and go up to heaven
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