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Tanoura Dance Performance

A dancer performs the Tanoura dance at a Lotte Mall shopping center, to entertain visitors, especially for Moslem, ahead of break fasting, during Ramadan, in Jakarta, on april 2, 2023. Tanoura is an Arabic word, which translates to skirt in English. It is a traditional folk dance from Egypt, where the dancer spins to the tunes of Arabic songs, sometimes religious ones, too, known as Tawasheeh (a mix of Quranic verses and classic poetry). If the dance is performed according to spiritual association, he would be spinning anti-clockwise, symbolising Muslim pilgrimage around the Ka'aba. If it's for entertainment purposes, he could spin clockwise or counter-clockwise. The Tanoura is a unique dance that is often seen as philosophical or even religious, taking the dancer to new spiritual levels. Tanoura can be described as an evolved depiction of the Sufi Whirling Dervishes, a major part of Sufism, known for its mysticism and spiritual way of worship. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)

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