Sunday, May 26, 2013

Algerian dance!

Hi everyone,

Some students here in New York City asked me about our dance in Algeria "for men", as you know in Algeria there is a lot of kinds of dancing, Kabyle dance, Chaabi dance, Rai dance, Sahraoui dance, ...etc.
Today, I wanna share with you the Chaabi dance that Hakim and I do like it a lot. hopping that you'll enjoy it too. :D

3 comments:

  1. Hello,

    What a very wonderful performance...! This guy dances very well!

    Chaabi Dance or Algerian Chaabi Dance is very popular and beautiful. People love dancing it at weddings to express their joy and happiness. This video shows it very well. If you were among the people now, you could not stop moving your body or clapping your hands.

    I personally love dancing it a lot, especially while listening to our great chaabi singers like Amar Ezzahi, Hachemi Guerrouabi, Mourad Djaafri...etc

    I am thinking of performing this dance for our friends from New York...so marvelous!

    Thank you very much for sharing it with us, Mr. Thaaloob...!

    By the way, I want you, Madjid, to know that I am in Ain Benian...seeing this video...I writing in Algerian Arabic and tell Madjid to translate into English..."Ya kho...You know that rak cinema wa hbibna m yamat zman..! Shriki, habit n koullek blik rak Hatta f New York...Khouya laaziz.."...lol

    Hakim, Bejaia, Algeria

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  2. Hi Hakim,

    I really can not wait to see your dancing of Chaabi, I do remember when we went to the revere house or as we call it "The frogs house" loool in Oued Daas, it was in the middle of night when I put the Chaabi song on, then we start dancing until being tired.

    Do you remember this Mr Thaaloub ?

    By the way too, I wanna answer to you using the same way "Algerian Arabic" (my second native language) hhhhh, our languages are complicated :D and Hakim will translate it as well,

    " Khouya Hakim, rak eddour fi houmti l'ekdima khssara maniche temma si non ne3ardek 3la ke3da Serdine b les accessoire mel kbar kho, matenssahache ttoul hyatek. Awaaaah wakila kherjete 3lik Gyoutville ya chikh rak hetta l'tem " lol

    Madjid, NYC, USA

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