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On July 16, a group of female musicians and dancers will perform the sama, a traditional dance of Sufi Islam, for the first time in Tehran. Thirty-five drummers will accompany the dancers of Ava-ye ...

Turkish born Austrian dancer and choreographer Ziya Azazi remembers his first trip to India (in 2012) as a surreal experience. While he had read about the country, being here helped him experience the ...

CAIRO - In downtown Cairo, a weekly dance show attracts large numbers of visitors. Families and people of all ages come to watch al-Tanoura, an Egyptian folk dance steeped in the tradition of Sufism, ...

Many religious and spiritual traditions incorporate dance as a pathway to the divine. Native American tribes of the Great Plains celebrate the cycle of birth and death during the Sun Dance. Some Jews ...

Mirzaie, founder of a Sama Dance group dances with her teammates in Kabul Mirzaie, founder of a Sama Dance group dances with her teammates in Kabul KABUL (Reuters) - Fahima Mirzaie set up a dance ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees ...

A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance Tuesday 22 September 2020 08:03 BST From reproductive rights to ...

Dancers perform Sufi dance during a summer night at Wekalet El-Ghoury in Cairo, Egypt, July 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen) A dancer performs Sufi dance during a summer night at Wekalet El-Ghoury in ...

"Something … Some force… Someone that makes me dance." For Manjari Chaturvedi, the creation of Sufi Kathak as a medium of expression was not part of a conscious ...