Shabbal Dance - شبّال 

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" The word Shabbal [shabbaal] in Sudanese colloquial Arabic refers-especially in northern Sudan- to an act of appreciation in which the female dancer will swing her head so as to wave her hair & let it slightly touch the face (or the shoulder) of the male partner, who, himself, will have to elicit this act by showing interest with an act of courtship in which he approaches the female dancer with a raised arm &a waving hand that causes the index finger to make a crackling sound as it hit repetitively against the other fingers. This act is called (bishshair) or (tabshiir). The word might have originally been used to refer to the lower part of a girl’s braided hair that is been ornamented with a string of colorful beads &shells (to help in waving the hair when dancing.).