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gisela · 07-06-2008, 08:06 PM

Quote from the same website:
"A few paintings and engravings of the french artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (who stayed in Egypt in the 18 th century) show sword dancers balancing an sabre on their head. Sword dancing - in arabic called Raqs al Saïf - is widely spread in Turkey, the Middle East as well as Pakistan-India (remember the sword dance in the movie Qurbani?) and Iran (Shamshir-bazi)."

Well, there's proof for you. A few paintings and a movie!

How can you not be satisfied with that?

Here's one I found by said orientalist painter:

07-06-2008, 08:06 PM	#38 (permalink)
gisela Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 945	Quote from the same website: "A few paintings and engravings of the french artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (who stayed in Egypt in the 18 th century) show sword dancers balancing an sabre on their head. Sword dancing - in arabic called Raqs al Saïf - is widely spread in Turkey, the Middle East as well as Pakistan-India (remember the sword dance in the movie Qurbani?) and Iran (Shamshir-bazi)." Well, there's proof for you. A few paintings and a movie! How can you not be satisfied with that? Here's one I found by said orientalist painter: __________________ You need chaos in your soul to create a dancing star-nietzsche Last edited by gisela; 07-06-2008 at 08:19 PM. Reason: adding pic