#ghawazee

This video is a part of Jeremy Marre’s documental , the Romani trail , it explains how the Romani from India which are presumed to have been the first ones , migrated and end up in Egypt , the word gypsy probably comes from the word “ Egyptian” , the video also shows Romani Egyptians knows as ghawazees , the Mazin sisters were famous performers of Romani Egyptian dance and of preserve the tradition , nowadays there is only one sister left

An almeh, refers to a learned woman, high in status and educated in the musical and literary arts; European travellers mistakenly applied this term to any female entertainer. By 1850, it came to be associated most closely with the ghawazee, or Egyptian dancing girls who were often also prostitutes

Dancing on the Nile with Khariyya Mazin! #dancelife #learn #love #dance #music #laughter #cruiselife #cruise #Nileriver #blueshadow #bucketlist #raqssharqi #bellydance #ghawazee #Egypt #Egyptiandance

I survived the Urban Gypsy #ghawazee influenced Improvizational Tribal Style workshop at #migrationsaustin ! Thanks, @liora.lauren.murrah ! #bellydance #danceconvention #urbangypsy #worlddance (at Wingate by Wyndham Round Rock Hotel & Conference Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs0ylmslKja/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pc43kdz0jbxq

Vintage inspiration. Ideas for the new year and more shenanigans. #tribalbellydance #vintageinspired #ghawazee #serpentinanorth #serpentinanorthensemble #tribalstyle #vintagebellydance https://www.instagram.com/p/Br--JTIF6ua/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fwsl5s15w9y8

#ghawazee #ghawazeecoat part #eshtaamar #eshta #bellydancedesigner #bellydancecostume #dancedesigner #costumedesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo2Mc5AAHy1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18h7y0wri97ai

Ghawazee #ghawazee #ghaziya #sagat #crotalos