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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After conceiving the Sufi Kathak dance form, when Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi started performing 25 years ago, she was completely written off. Manjari Chaturvedi founder Sufi Kathak 25 years back ...