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cathy · 07-19-2008, 02:43 PM

I saw this group live twice earlier this month in Cairo. They were awesome, the lead woman (shown at the beginning playing frame drum) is totally charismatic and mesmerizing. When I saw them live she sang several songs as well, and both she and the other woman did some dancing. By the way, absolutely NO hair tossing was involved. All women were wearing headscarves and there was no "head tossing" either. They are from the authentic zar tradition from Upper Egypt and Sudan.

The second time I saw them, two men were playing the manjour (dried goat hooves on leather hip belts) which involved at least twelve minutes of vigorous forward & and back hip shaking (what we sometimes oddly call "washing machine shimmy") involving stepping and accents, and one danced a bit with the second woman at the same time. And they also played metal castanets at the same time.

here is the Youtube link:

YouTube - Mazaher (zar music)

07-19-2008, 02:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
cathy Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 424	Zar music (Mazaher) I saw this group live twice earlier this month in Cairo. They were awesome, the lead woman (shown at the beginning playing frame drum) is totally charismatic and mesmerizing. When I saw them live she sang several songs as well, and both she and the other woman did some dancing. By the way, absolutely NO hair tossing was involved. All women were wearing headscarves and there was no "head tossing" either. They are from the authentic zar tradition from Upper Egypt and Sudan. The second time I saw them, two men were playing the manjour (dried goat hooves on leather hip belts) which involved at least twelve minutes of vigorous forward & and back hip shaking (what we sometimes oddly call "washing machine shimmy") involving stepping and accents, and one danced a bit with the second woman at the same time. And they also played metal castanets at the same time. here is the Youtube link: YouTube - Mazaher (zar music)