Melaya L'aff
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the best!!!!
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Thank you to everyone. I learn a lot with your posts. I will dance another melaya and hoppe you enjoy more than this (Oh please, must be better 7 years later!!!) Chukran ! Muna
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Very beautiful!
Thank you for the post
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the gum is too cute for words. Gum Snapping Attitude! nailed it. nicely done. i don't think the bedleh detracts from it either.
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I enjoyed it until the gum chewing bit... annoyingly distracting...
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The gum can be a part of it, its supposed to be a bit tacky, goodness me. I remember when Nadia Hamdi did it in the US and all the purists jumped on her, it is not a 'pure' Egyptian dance, its fun. btw it is incorrect to put an ' in leff. Leff is the Arabic for envelope, and in this case is also the verb, ie to envelope yourself in the cloak ie the melaya.
Sadiiqa
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The gum-chewing is a later addition, supposed to show the flirtatiousness and frivolity of the young Alexandrian girls. However it should NOT be danced in the 2-pc orientale bedlah. There should be a short dress with a ruffled hem and a headscarf with pompoms on it.
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chewingum it is style of baladi???!!!
Gum is part of it. Nice job!
sausanacademy 2 years ago 7
She was pretty hot with the small veil at first, but it didn't seem to make sense until she revealed her gum-chewing bratty-cuteness. I thought it was in keeping with the spirit of the style. Very flirtatious and confident.
I know the dress is not traditional either, but it was fine. Probably a part of a larger presentation...?
I liked it a lot! ;-)
Amitabha108 2 years ago 2