Males dancing in a troupe - Page 5

masrawy · 08-18-2008, 07:59 PM

I think you're right about the beduin background to this dance, I don't know about the relationship to the bird. It could be very well that's how it originally started. But we commonly used it in the term of hopping in so many ways.

khanjar · 08-20-2008, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by masrawy

Hi Khanjar,
I want to let you know that it takes a lot of courage to write this response. We only could thank Tarik for intervening and making sense for both of us. Also I want you to know that sometimes what might be so clear to me when I post, it's not clear to others who read it. This is due a great deal to ESL. It's not always easy to find the right words or explain clearly what I mean in a different language. Please except my apology if I came off too strong in either of my posts.
Here is an Egyptian proverb I thought you might find interesting

"Awel el raqs hangalah"

"To learn to dance you skipp first"

looking forward to participate in your future posts.Regards~Mahmoud

Masrawy,

I thank you for your gracious apology, though I did come to understand what I was thinking perhaps did not come across how I intended, so can understand some of the response. Sometimes I can be eloquent in speech, other times obviously not, it goes with the mood.

But, yourself, with such a command of a language which is not your own, I very much admire you for your ability, as I cannot speak another language, but I do understand English being a rather messed up language, it just has to be difficult to learn, and words, phrases used just have to cause confusion and there misunderstanding. Even punctuation, that can change the meaning of a sentence, if it is not used correctly.

In this country, with our language, we even have regional accents which for someone in one part of the country may have difficulty understanding another in another part of the country because of the accent. Say if you heard the speech from all of us here from Britain, though we speak the same language, I guarantee you would not understand some of us, or even all of us.

Mahmoud, I enjoy your posts here, your insight and help, it is good for all of us so interested in your land of birth and environs, you are a worthy ambassador for your birth country and an excellent translator for us others who wish to learn more about Middle Eastern culture.

Yes, thanks to Tarik too, his analytical approach often reveals more in most things.

Kindest Regards,

Khanjar

08-18-2008, 07:59 PM	#41 (permalink)
masrawy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: In the Shadow Posts: 488	I think you're right about the beduin background to this dance, I don't know about the relationship to the bird. It could be very well that's how it originally started. But we commonly used it in the term of hopping in so many ways. __________________ "Be beautiful , the universe will turn beautiful in your eyes!"