June 02, 2007

Omani Dancers

The energy in this crowd of Omani dancers visiting the Sharjah Heritage area was amazing. I, together with the polish woman and her friend, was one of few women there so I had to respectfully make my way around the crowd. I got nothing but smiles from this happy crowd of dancers who swung themselves around in all kinds of ways to the tunes of the drums and bagpipes.

8 comments:

Radha said...

I didnt know Middle Eastern men dance! Had only heard of the sexy belly-dancers!!

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

lol well there is a wide variety of dance among Gulf cultures and men. There is the dance with the cain or stick as well. Very very cool!

* said...

Yes. Seen a lot of this in Oman, very rustic and loud and lively.

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

Of course you have Kaya jaan! :) It is so wonderful isn't it? The energy and the crowd surrounding them...plus, some of them have some firece moves! lol

* said...

Baccha. Ur snapdrive needs to be sorted out.

Anonymous said...

yes our men do dance .. may i ask when this was taken this picture i mean coz i dont know i hope we see the same smiles after the hurricane Guno hit ... oh well its a lovely pic of my beautiful country and its ppl

thank u for the post

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

Jawahir, sorry for the late reply. I love Oman and the culture is beautiful. I was sooo in a mood to jump in and dance but well that would have been far from appropriate:) I took the picture in April this year when I was there during the Heritage Festival in Sharjah.

bas kamal said...

dere dance r very famous all over da world...nd dere belly-dance r very cool..