This dance is called the Dabke if anyone wants to know more! I’m pretty sure the above version is from somewhere in Palestine, but it’s also a huge deal in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. According to legend, it originated in stamping on the dirt roofs in the houses of the region to compact the mixture of clay and straw and became a dance eventually.
More fun things: A Dabke Flashmob from Beirut in 2011
They let her do whatever she wanted and then used all of the footage. She
was so good, one of the team members planned and, with the secret help of other staff members, put together the Bayonetta dance video. He said watching her dance had compelled him to.
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