Zaar Ritual

This is a staged/theatrical zaar ritual. Zaar is a trance "dance" from Northeast Africa. Here of course, it has been modified for performance purposes. I loosely choreographed it under the guidance of my teacher, Tashira Wadiya.

Any resemblance to Samara from "The Ring" is merely coincidental!

This is the first video I've recorded with my new HD camera, so it can be watched in HD. The very beginning is a little blurred, but then it gets focused a few seconds in. Towards the end, the video skips for a second. The camera actually stopped recording there, and by the time it started again it missed a few seconds of the dance, hence the skip. Sorry about that. Hopefully we will have all these glitches figured out soon!

The song is by Solace, and it's called "Zar Dance (Ayub)"

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• solace
• possessed
• jinn
• spirits

[VictoriaSoulNMotion]

I totally thought I commented on this, but I didn't! I just wanted to say I really loved your interpretation of a Zaar. I love how completely into it you were, but that's one of the reasons why I love your dancing in general. I think you should post more of this stuff, including a Khaleeji! =D

[yameyameyame]

@VictoriaSoulNMotion Good idea! I have a Khaliji video laying around somewhere, but it's almost unsalvageable because the person who recorded it was getting too zoom-happy.

[Iceberg6606]

Wow! Just wow! I hope your neck and back are OK! Hope you're careful, too. It doesn't look all that healthy for you!

[yameyameyame]

@Iceberg6606 My neck and back are OK. The entire time I'd been practicing for this, I never woke up with any pain or even soreness from doing this. With that said, yes, this is very dangerous and shouldn't be done without a certain amount of strength and flexibility of the neck and back, or without proper training, and one must be very careful to warm um thoroughly. Even so, it can not be overdone. My knees, OTOH, were very bruised... Thank you for your concern!

[onlyoneme72032]

Good Lord! What the heck was that supposed to be? White dress, check, black hair, check, creepy movements that might be interpreted as a dance, check. Really?

[yameyameyame]

@onlyoneme72032 As I said, any similarity was not intentional. This performance would have looked exactly the same even if "The Ring" had never existed in the first place. The zaar is a ritual of spiritual, physical, and mental healing. I chose the color to portray this aspect, also to my knowledge white is the color generally worn during an actual zaar ritual. Plus, I thought it would provide a nice contrast with my hair.

[Bairescairo]

@rafapl1 : it's in the description of the video ;)

The song is by Solace, and it's called "Zar Dance (Ayub)"

[rafapl1]

name of the song please???

[Quran871]

@Hecatean No Allah doesn't like zaar and magic

[Hecatean]

@Hecatean *then

[Hecatean]

@Quran871 So doesn't he like this sort of thing them?

[Quran871]

Remember you would one day have to meet your creator allah

[leticiamukheerji]

Very beutiful!!!! 

[watchingmark]

Amazing! First time I've actually seen this dance performed.

[ScorpionGirlabc]

If I would describe how I felt about this performance with one word it would be:

Wow.