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English: In Egypt, the practice of whirling has been adapted as tanoura (Arabic: التنورة el-tanoura).
The word tanoura or tannoura refers to the colorful skirt worn by the whirler, with a color representing each Sufi order. The word may also refer to the dancer, traditionally a Sufi man. Tanoura is associated with Sufism and is performed at Sufi festivals, but it is also performed by non-Sufis as a folk dance or concert dance. Although it is mainly used for visual effects, the dancers also augment their balance with the tanoura, through a dynamic centrifugal effect
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| Author | Nourhan Moubarak |
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| current | 14:17, 25 December 2016 | | 385 × 515 (153 KB) | Nourhan Moubarak | User created page with UploadWizard |
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