{"id":3342,"date":"2011-10-13T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T20:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2011-10-14T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T18:40:05","slug":"carl-sermon-friday-rakkasah-east-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2011\/10\/13\/carl-sermon-friday-rakkasah-east-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"

Friday Evening Photos<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rakkasah East Festival East- October 2010<\/h2>\n

Photos by Carl Sermon<\/a>
\nCommentary by MaShuqa<\/a>
\nposted October 13, 2011<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Rakkasah East Festival 2010<\/span>, the 11th year of this annual festival in Somerset, New Jersey celebrates a blossoming friendship community of East and West coast dancers and musicians. \u00a0The festival is the East coast version of the 30 year old Rakkasah West Festival tradition in California. \u00a0This art form of dance is in constantly flux and now includes many different influences in costuming and performance.<\/p>\n

It was fascinating to observe the new trends in performance, costumes, and dance styling at this year\u2019s festival: Rainbow colors, Fan veils, Feather fans, Silk veils, Isis Wings, and contemporary costuming designs. \u00a0A predominant costuming style for dance troupes was similar costume designs with each dancer wearing different colors to personalize their costuming providing a rainbow effect when troupes performed. Flowers and feathers adorned costumes and headpieces. \u00a0Silk veils dyed to match costumes, or in brilliant contrasting colors were popular and created height and flow in performance.\u00a0Some troupes performed excellent choreography wearing dancewear usually worn in class \u2013 the basic wrap top, dance pants and hip wrap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Friday Night<\/h4>\n

\"Desert\"<\/p>\n

Desert Embers of New Jersey<\/p>\n

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\"Dharma\"<\/p>\n

Dharma of Misouri<\/p>\n

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\"Fahtiem\"<\/p>\n

Fahtiem of California<\/p>\n

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\"MaShuqa<\/p>\n

MaShuqa dances with Pangia during Open Floor<\/p>\n

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\"Leila<\/p>\n

Leila Haddad of Paris<\/p>\n

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\"Mystic<\/p>\n

Mystic Wiles of New Jersey<\/p>\n

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\"Nadia<\/p>\n

Nadia Layla<\/p>\n

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\"Najma\"<\/p>\n

Najma of New York<\/p>\n

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\"NightShade\"<\/p>\n

Nightshade of New Jersey<\/p>\n

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\"Phoenis\"<\/p>\n

Phoenis of New Jersey<\/p>\n

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\"Raks<\/p>\n

Raks Sheva of New York<\/p>\n

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\"Raks<\/p>\n

Raks Sheva of New York<\/p>\n

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\"Raks<\/p>\n

Raks Sheva of New York<\/p>\n

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\"Troupe\"<\/p>\n

Troupe Shahibat of Misouri<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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