Sign in with Facebook"Whirling Dervish" Cairo Local Custom Tip by sue_stone
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A Whirling Dervish is a unique dance - a "religious ceremony transcending into performing art".
It is a dance performed by an order of the Islamic faith, and it involves the dancer whirling around and around continuously for minutes.
The dancer starts off slowly turning and gets faster as the music picks up pace. They spin and spin, lifting parts of their costumes up as they go.
It goes on for so long that you start to feel dizzy just watching - you wait with baited breath for them to fall over.....but they don't...they keep spinning and whirling.
Amazing!
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