{"id":1332,"date":"2010-03-26T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2010-03-26T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T23:55:40","slug":"carl-rakkasah-fesitval-photos-d-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/26\/carl-rakkasah-fesitval-photos-d-j\/","title":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Fesitval Photos, Page 2: D-J<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\">Rakkasah East Festival 2009 <\/h2>\n<h3 align=\"center\"> Photographs by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/aboutuspages\/carlsermon.htm\">Carl  Sermon<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<h5 align=\"center\">Event held in October 16,17,&amp;  18, 2009, in Somerset, New Jersey<br \/>\nPosted March 26, 2010<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\"><span class=\"whitetext\"><a href=\"mailto:editor@gildedserpent.com\">Help with additional names of dancers, musicians and hometowns, are always apreciated!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/25\/carl-rakkasah-east-2009\/\">Page 1: A-C<\/a>, Page 2: D-J, you are here, Page 3 on- coming soon!<\/h5>\n<table width=\"80%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DalliaCarellaDc2.jpg\" alt=\"Dalia Carella Collective\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Dalia Carella Collective  of New York<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DalliaCarellaDc.jpg\" alt=\"Dalia Collective\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DalliaCarellaDc3.jpg\" alt=\"Dalia Carella Collective\" width=\"362\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DancersRisingMoon.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers of the Rising Moon\" width=\"479\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Dancers of the Rising Moon of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DanielFlowers.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Flowers\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Daniel Flowers<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DeniseMannion.jpg\" alt=\"Denise  of Shasta\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Denise Mannion of Shasta, CA,<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3DorotheaRoseLeah.jpg\" alt=\"Dorothea and Rose Leah\" width=\"465\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Dorothea and Rose Leah<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3EgyptianSunMD.jpg\" alt=\"Egyptian Sun of MD\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Egyptian Sun of Maryland<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3elisheva.jpg\" alt=\"Elisheva of New York\" width=\"402\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Elisheva of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3Fahtiem.jpg\" alt=\"Fahtiem of Los Angeles\" width=\"413\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Fahtiem of Los Angeles<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3Fatima.jpg\" alt=\"Fatima of Sacramento, CA\" width=\"500\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Fatima of Sacramento, CA<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3FemmeFatalesNJ.jpg\" alt=\"Femme Fatales\" width=\"341\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Femme Fatales of New Jersey<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3GabiNJ.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi of New Jersey\" width=\"446\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Gabi of New Jersey<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3GrooveMerchantsNJ.jpg\" alt=\"Groove Merchants of New Jersey\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Groove Merchants of New Jersey<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3GrooveMerchantsNJ2.jpg\" alt=\"Groove Merchants\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3HabibaDEnsPA.jpg\" alt=\"Habiba Dance Ensemble\" width=\"500\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Habiba Dance Ensemble of Pennsylvania<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3HannahNour.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah Nour\" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Hannah Nour of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3HelenaZahraPA.jpg\" alt=\"Helena Zahra\" width=\"364\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Helena Zahra  of Pennsylvania<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3HipnotiqMA.jpg\" alt=\"Hipnotiq\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Hypnotiq of Massachusetts<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3HipnotiqMA2.jpg\" alt=\"Hypnotiq\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3Jamilah.jpg\" alt=\"Jamilah Dance\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Jamilah Bellydance<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3Jamilah2.jpg\" alt=\"Jamila Dance\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3Jamilah3.jpg\" alt=\"Jamilah Dance\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3JenivinaMysticalHipsTribeNY.jpg\" alt=\"Jenivinah\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">Jenivina and Mystical Hips Tribe of New York<\/h5>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3JenivinaMysticalHipsTribeNY2.jpg\" alt=\"Jevina and Mystical Hips\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art50\/graphics50\/Carl\/3JuneChandaniOrientalDanceNY.jpg\" alt=\"June with Chandani Oriental Dance Troupe\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\" class=\"whitetext\">June with Chandani Oriental Dance Troupe of New York<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3 align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\">\n<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/graphics\/acommentbox.jpg\" alt=\"use the comment box\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ready4more\">\n<p>Have a comment? Use or comment section at the bottom of this page or<a href=\"mailto:editor@gildedserpent.com\"> Send us a letter!<\/a> <br \/>\nCheck the &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/let2ed.htm\">Letters to the Editor<\/a>&quot; for other possible viewpoints!<\/p>\n<p>Ready for more?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<!--end ready4more --><\/p>\n<div class=\"articlelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-25-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/25\/carl-rakkasah-east-2009\/\">Carl&#8217;s Photos from Rakkasah East Festival 2009, Page 1: A-C<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Carl Sermon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPage 1: Alana, Alchemy, Alex King, Alia, Alrana, Amalia, Amy, Anasma, Aneena, Angelique, Anku Kusu, Artemis Mourat, Athalia, Attiya, Avivah, Ayshe and the Cult or Isis, Blanca, Bliss, Blooming Rose, Chellcy and Fringe Benefit<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">2-9-10<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/02\/09\/carltatfest09\/\">Carl&#8217;s Camera Captures Dancers from Z to A, Tatseena&#8217;s Fantasy Festival 2009<\/a>, <span class=\"articleauthor\">photos by Carl, introduction by Ma*Shuqa<\/span><br \/>\nThis festival was a festive day of good vibrations with dancers sharing their talents on the raised stage, and on the beautiful wood dance floor.  The day was replendent with beautiful dancing, beautiful costumes, and wonderful music &#8211; with the bands: Al Azifoon and Light Rain.  This is a favorite festival for dancers in the East Bay area. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">1-11-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/01\/11\/carlsbejillina\/\">Carl&#8217;s Camera Captures Jillina&#8217;s Bellydance Evolution<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\">, photos by Carl, introduction by Ma*Shuqa<\/span><br \/>\nJillina Carlano\u2019s Bellydance Evolution marked the beginning of an era in which bellydance moves beyond dance Oriental imported from Egypt and performed in clubs. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">11-26-08<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/art45\/carlBDUC08photos.htm\">Bellydancer of the Universe Competition 2008,<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> photos by Carl Sermon<\/span><br \/>\nheld in Long Beach, California, on February 18 &amp; 19, 2008, produced by Tonya and Atlantis <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-18-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/18\/brigid-saiidi-new-zealand\/\">Not Last Year&#8217;s Saiidi<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Brigid Kelly \/ Zumarrad<\/span><br \/>\nRecently, a belly dance community newsletter here in New Zealand ran an editorial in which the author remarked that the current generation of dancers still perform \u201ctraditional styles \u2013 Ghwazee, Khaleegy, Saiidi\u201d but innovate with poi, fan veils and Isis wings in a sort of dance evolution that retains respect for the value of the old.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-16-10 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/16\/barbara-sellers-young-serena-wilson-part3\/\">Serena Wilson (1933-2007) A Student of Ruth St Denis, Part 3: Serena&#8217;s Books<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Barbara Sellers-Young<\/span><br \/>\nSerena\u2019s approach saw women as joyful, soft, and feminine. They were responsible for and in control of their sensuality and by extension their sexuality. The dancers were not encouraged to challenge men by their physical presence, but neither was their physical presence and personal desire controlled by men.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articledate\">3-12-10<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/12\/leilacampnegum\"> Creating Camp Negum<\/a><span class=\"articleauthor\"> by Leila of Cairo<\/span><br \/>\nThe idea came to us as we laid on the beach at Ras Sidr, a resort town near Suez on the west coast of the Sinai Peninsula. It was one of those rare times when my husband, Safaa Farid, and I could slip away from work for two days. We were watching the wind surfers and listening to Om Kalthoum on the clubhouse speakers when the question just popped out.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-10-10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/10\/yasmina-kids-undercutting-kalthoum\">Ask Yasmina #12: The Importance of Oum Kalthoum, Undercutting, and Kid Bellydancers<\/a> <span class=\"articleauthor\">by Yasmina Ramzy<\/span><br \/>\nWhen a client hiring a performer or a student looking for a teacher is at a point where they want quality, they know they have to pay a fair price.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"articleauthor\">3-3-10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/03\/zorbasenseofhumor\/\">A Sense of Humor: It can Help! Quest for Beauty, Part 3<\/a> by Zorba<\/span><br \/>\nWhat follows here are several humorous anecdotes. Some of them are about being a male in a female dominated field while some are merely about being a Bellydancer in the first place. My first rule concerning being weird (&quot;weird&quot; as evidenced by some reactions to my previous articles) is to have a good sense of humor!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakkasah East Festival 2009 Photographs by Carl Sermon Event held in October 16,17,&amp; 18, 2009, in Somerset, New Jersey Posted March 26, 2010 Help with additional names of dancers, musicians and hometowns, are always apreciated! Page 1: A-C, Page 2: D-J, you are here, Page 3 on- coming soon! Dalia Carella Collective of New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}