Originally Posted by Lydia dubai

Dear A,isha....just to be on the safe side i again asked 1 of my local lady,s students she then asked her grandparents......because the new generation is not so interested in this type of dancing anymore,they like the modern style...so grandma said.......i allready told you habibti(because she asked her also a week ago) it means ,,the na,asha means,,she the one that bends her head once left than ones right to make her hair swing,, so Aisha i think that is all to it ..the real meaning of the word is that.....she also said that my hair is no good ...LOL IT HAS TO BE atleast waist lenght very thick black and strait!!! all other hairstyles wil look fake! hahahaha......than also i was discussing it with my musicians last night and they said that the word also means other things in other arabic dialects....it also means the carrier that takes the dead people to the graveyard...it is spelled,, noon ,,eyn,,sheen,, but it sounds the same....so only in old uea dialect it means what i wrote in the beginning of this mail ....sorry i can not make it more interesting for you...it is just that ...have a nice day ,Lydia