Dabke

The Dabke is an oriental folk dance that is danced in various countries of the Middle East to the eastern Mediterranean. The actual origin is not clear. The dance is practiced among others in the following countries Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iraq dancing in dialect " Chobo " is called Modern Standard Arabic but also called Dabke / dabka.

Dabke is mostly danced at parties and at weddings. It is a series of dance, the contact is either by holding hands or embracing the shoulders.

Dabke means as much as with his feet on the ground pounding. When Dabke a darbuka ( goblet drum ) is used in the rule; the drummer can increase the dance tempo by drumming faster and louder. We must not let the apparent simplicity of the dance dazzle, because the steps are specified by the first and versatile dancers varies.

History

It is believed the origin of Dabke in ancient times, when the houses were still existed in the Lebanese mountain villages from tree branches and covered with clay. It was the time before the current tile roofs, as the clay was taken by wind and weather affected it had to be renewed before the onset of harsh winter every year. In the village community, the estimated no delimiting garden fences but working together, the respective homeowner asked neighbors and friends for help. The men were holding hands and stomped fixed the clay, to be effective, this course had to be done in a common step and rhythm. When this work was later taken over by a stone roller, the tradition had already conquered its place as dance.

The longest dabke dance

In the year 2007 was that Israeli Arabs in Acre, a queue of 2,743 persons for 7 minutes Dabke dancing, which the previous world record was broken by 1,700 people in Toronto.