by Mahmoud Fouly
CAIRO, Apr 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, many Egyptians go out with family or friends in the evening, for a good time after fasting from dawn to sunset. A show featuring Egyptian folk dance, Tanoura, is surely among their destinations.
On Wednesday night, an open-air Tanoura dance, staged in historic downtown Cairo, carried local and foreign audiences away, as dancers’ spinning off their skirt-like colorful outfits turned the stage into a spectacular of ever-changing kaleidoscopes.
The show started with a Sufi music performance, with minstrel chanting, then a solo Tanoura dancer joined the stage and kept whirling for almost 20 minutes nonstop.
“The performance is breathtaking and the atmosphere is very joyful. It is my first time to attend this show, but surely will not be the last,” said Marwa Siam, one of the audience.
“It makes it a special Ramadan night for me. And it is also great to preserve such kind of elegant traditional art,” she told Xinhua.– NNN-XINHUA
