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Definition of Ghawazi

Ghawazi
Ghawazi Gha*wa"zi, n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

Meaning of Ghawazi from wikipedia

- Ghawazi (also ghawazee) (Egyptian Arabic: الغوازي) are female dancers who danced in return for money in public settings, and the streets. There were male...
- term ghawazi in Egypt refers to the dancers in rural Egypt who have preserved the traditional 18th to 19th century style. The Arabic غوازي ghawāzī (singular...
- al-Qibtiyya or Shafiqa the Copt (1851–1926) was an Egyptian belly dancer (ghawazi). She is known as the first internationally famous belly dancer. Shafiqa...
- (primarily musicians and poets), Ghawazi. The Maazin sisters may have been the last authentic performers of Ghawazi dance in Egypt, with Khayreyya Maazin...
- small, rapid foot movements paired with vigorous torso and hip movements. Ghawazi, Ghawazy (Arabic: غوازي) (also ghawazee) dancers of Egypt were a group...
- routes. Among the various Domari subgroups, they were initially part of Ghawazi who were known for their dancing and music business. Some Muslim Roma may...
- a derogatory connotation. Bacha bazi Dance bar Dance in India Devadasi Ghawazi Indian classical dance List of Indian folk dances Mujra Naach, a 2004 dance...
- mainly dressed in feminine clothes and outfits. The khawal imitated female ghawazi by dancing with castanet self accompaniment, painting their hands with...
- women dancers were not socially acceptable and in Arabia, "the unveiled ghawazi, who performed publicly for men, were not respected". One of the effects...
- dancing. The use of zill in belly dancing is particularly present in the Ghawazi, a line of hereditary dancers. Zills are also important in some rituals...