Arabian Sword Dances (And other dances!)

A.alnakkas · 23rd March 2012, 10:00 PM

Just thought this will be interesting to post:

1- Najdi Ardha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9NgnthZu18 (best performance I found. So you think you can dance King Abdullah version.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgcYC...feature=fvwrel (this one is nice too)

2- Ardha Janoobiya - Southern Ardha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVtc...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBvaw...eature=related (Michael bin Jackson

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3- Ardhat Bisha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV7LlHVsPv4 (Videos on the side are not all viewer's friendly, so please avoid drifting into the darkside of Youtube.)

4- Ardha Qatariya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAa9S...eature=related

5- Ardhat Ala alZeer (Utaiba tribe, more on this later)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v82vHdRz7-Q

6- Zamil of southern Arabia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WhLu...eature=related

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More will be added later, I dont claim to be an expert on these dances and do not know when they are done (as I am sure some of them are done in certain occasions, the Zamil for example.. as far as I know is done when 2 tribes meet)

Dom · 24th March 2012, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

and do not know when they are done (as I am sure some of them are done in certain occasions

for sure

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Dom

kahnjar1 · 24th March 2012, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dom

for sure

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Dom

...this surely has to be an illustration for a quiz question WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?....................

kronckew · 24th March 2012, 10:15 AM

us 'mericans also have a sword dance.

Bush Sword Dance

English sword dance

note the flexible blades and lack of guards

Morris Dancers
Yorkshire long sword dancers
More, with some history

Scots version - somewhat more ostentatious & using real swords.

Edinburg Tattoo Sword Dance

russian version

guardless swords...

Russian dance

Devadatta · 24th March 2012, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

russian version

guardless swords...

Russian dance

Because they are cossack shashkas and were used far not only for dance during the history

I agree however that the particular swords in hands of the dancers in the video provided are modern-made theater/dance replicas, not authentic pieces of course. But they have historic battle-ready prototype.

David R · 25th March 2012, 11:50 PM

Fascinating videos , I would love to know more about the context of these, ref. the stuff from the Islamic world. Re the UK, worth remembering that we lost so many young men in WW1 that for a generation the Morris dancing tradition was kept alive by womens teams, and so we may have lost some of the nuances of that form.

23rd March 2012, 10:00 PM	#1
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Arabian Sword Dances (And other dances!) Just thought this will be interesting to post: 1- Najdi Ardha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9NgnthZu18 (best performance I found. So you think you can dance King Abdullah version.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgcYC...feature=fvwrel (this one is nice too) 2- Ardha Janoobiya - Southern Ardha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVtc...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBvaw...eature=related (Michael bin Jackson ) 3- Ardhat Bisha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV7LlHVsPv4 (Videos on the side are not all viewer's friendly, so please avoid drifting into the darkside of Youtube.) 4- Ardha Qatariya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAa9S...eature=related 5- Ardhat Ala alZeer (Utaiba tribe, more on this later) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v82vHdRz7-Q 6- Zamil of southern Arabia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WhLu...eature=related ---- More will be added later, I dont claim to be an expert on these dances and do not know when they are done (as I am sure some of them are done in certain occasions, the Zamil for example.. as far as I know is done when 2 tribes meet)

24th March 2012, 10:15 AM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,178	us 'mericans also have a sword dance. Bush Sword Dance English sword dance note the flexible blades and lack of guards Morris Dancers Yorkshire long sword dancers More, with some history Scots version - somewhat more ostentatious & using real swords. Edinburg Tattoo Sword Dance russian version guardless swords... Russian dance Last edited by kronckew; 24th March 2012 at 11:02 AM.

25th March 2012, 11:50 PM	#6
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,079	Fascinating videos , I would love to know more about the context of these, ref. the stuff from the Islamic world. Re the UK, worth remembering that we lost so many young men in WW1 that for a generation the Morris dancing tradition was kept alive by womens teams, and so we may have lost some of the nuances of that form.