Khaleeji - Raks al Nasha'ar Women's Folkloric Dance

Dancers from the Tribal Rhythm dance studio in Lubbock, TX perform the Raks al Nasha'ar Women's Bellydance at the 2008 Cultural Dance Exchange. Raks Al Nasha'ar (pronounced "rocks all nuh SHAH ar") is a social dance, done strictly by and for women, in the Persian Gulf. Sometimes referred to as Khaleegy, Khaleeji or Khaliji (pronounced "kuh LEE jee".) Khaleegy means Gulf in Arabic and refers to the countries of the Persian Gulf region. The trademarks of this dance are gliding steps, lovely hair tossing, and hand movements that utilize the dress worn for this dance called thobe nasha'ar.

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• cheryl
• bushey
• egyptian
• belly
• dance
• bellydance
• cabaret
• tribal
• lubbock
• tx
• khaleeji
• khaleegy
• khaliji
• raks
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• nashaar

[yanammm]

omg... I never thought you might make the hair flapping side-to-side wrong... But those ladies look like they are pretty young, so being feminine is something they are still learning :). It's pretty sweet and nice to watch :). Main point of dancing is having fun and they are smiling, so all is perfect :)!

[ArabJinn]

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[Vielkan]

Beautiful!!! What's the song's name?

[naz3591]

After a very long time I see this dance-- brings back childhood memories. While growing up in Bahrain I witnessed so many times this dance at gatherings. I had almost forgottened it. Thanks for refreshing my memory-- so many memories .

[wajat21]

wonderful to see khaleeji