Arabian Sword Dances (And other dances!)

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

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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.

kronckew · 26th March 2012, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by David R

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.

we probably lost as many if not more in the flu plague/pandemic shortly after.

many of the silly looking traditions like morris dancing, may pole, hobby horse and such had darker and more martial aspects in the past.

modern living, occupational health and safety regs have had an even more deleterious effect.

so have the greenies and animal rights groupies. it was noted in one of the uk videos that there were only 4 longsword dancing teams left in yorkshire out of many hundreds in the past.

(In the Bush dance i really like the swords he and the Saudi King were using. no dancing blades those.)

A.alnakkas · 26th March 2012, 01:09 PM

Its not unusual to find over-polished clauberg blade on Ardha saifs.

24th March 2012, 10:15 AM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	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	#5
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,120	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.

26th March 2012, 01:09 PM	#7
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Its not unusual to find over-polished clauberg blade on Ardha saifs.