Egypt Part 3 A Last Night of Entertainment
All too quickly our vacation came to an end as most of them do. The resort really started to pick up on our last night there and we enjoyed a show put on by the hotel staff and dancers. It was awesome! The courtyard was packed with people and many of them were smoking flavored tobacco from the sheesha pipes which resemble hookahs. The kids were led in a mini disco by a crazy guy in a white bandana and wore themselves out. Poor Brad missed the entire "Oriental Show". Our favorite act by far was the Tanoura folk dancer. It's mixed in with the other dancers video but it's the man in the colorful skirt who just keeps on spinning. I only taped a portion of it as he went on and on for at least 15 minutes without ever stopping and pulling new tricks out of the skirt. I found a brief definition online but it doesn't do it justice at all. It was one of the most amazing dances I have ever seen.
Tanoura Egyptian Folk Dance
Egyptian folk dance usually performed in Egyptian Sufi festivals.
the Tanoura dance is usually performed by sufi men, who keep on going round, like the dervish dance in the Levant and Turkey. They use long colorful skirts that make a beautiful image when swirling around in circles to reach inner purity, to manage to reach god's satisfaction.
Cairo Traffic
Kiddos Dancing
Egyptian Entertainment
Cairo From the Air
So that's it for awhile...Can't wait to do it again, maybe Greece or Turkey next.
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