The style of Saidi is very energetic and simple dance. This style originated in the North of Egypt. In those days, men carried long sticks of bamboo, which was used as a weapon.
Gradually formed a special men's dance – Tahtib. Women adopted a style of dance with a cane, but made the dance more easy and playful and has created a distinct style of Raks al Asaya (dance with a cane ).
The style of Saidi can dance with a cane and without it. The key is to use the characteristic rhythm, music and movements. Movement energetic, lots of jumping, various penetrations. The characteristic movement of the hands, one near the head, the second is stretched out in front of him at head level.
Saidi direction "Raks El Asaya" - an elegant and graceful female style dance performance.
Possession of the cane has a very great importance for dance Saidi. Women use movements with a cane as a "frame" that emphasizes body movement. The most effective methods to operate the cane dance Raks El Assaya – cane rotation, balancing a cane on the head, chest, thigh, combined with the ongoing dance. This makes the style of Saidi is unusually attractive and interesting.
The cane for dance.
Suit. The traditional men's costume for Saidi consists of long pants, shirts with wide sleeves and rounded collar, and a long scarf wrapped around the head. In the female costume Beledi dress used with a belt or scarf around the hips and a long scarf covering her head.
Female and male costumes Saidi
In the style of belly dance Saidi its own music, its own rhythms, which in principle is easy to understand and easy to learn. Music for Saidi has its own rhythm, easily recognizable. The orchestra plays traditional instruments like the "rabab" by (the ancestor of the modern violin), "mizmar" (horn) and various percussion instruments.
"Rabab"
"Mizmar"
Movement of the cane follow the rhythm of the music.
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