{"id":855,"date":"2009-10-06T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T01:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/?p=855"},"modified":"2009-11-03T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T21:02:52","slug":"peppermazinphotos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gildedserpent.com\/cms\/2009\/10\/06\/peppermazinphotos\/","title":{"rendered":"

Researching Dance Origins with the Mazin Family<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photos from Pepper’s Archives<\/h2>\n

January 1979, The Maazin home in Luxor, Egypt
\ncaptions by Pepper Alexandria<\/a> and Edwina Nearing<\/a>
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\n\t\t\t\tThe Maazin sisters welcome you to their home!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Mazin
\n\t\t\t\tYusuf Mazin<\/span>, father of Khairriyya and Raja, and their 3 older sisters. The five girls who make up the famous Banat Mazin dance group. Sitting next to Yusuf is husband of one of the Mazin girls who defied his family to marry a dancer. The man at far left is John Burnham<\/span>, a Berkeley artist and drummer. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Edwina
\n\t\t\t\tEdwina Nearing and Khairriyya dancing on the roof of the Mazins house at the private party that Edwina arranged for Pepper. <\/span>\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\"Khairriyya\"\"Khairiyya\"
\n\t\tKhairriyya dancing on the roof at the private party<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tKhairriyya and sister Raja singing, dancing, and playing finger cymbals in roof party<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\"Mazin
\n\t\t\t\tRaja<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\"Sisters
\n\t\t\t\t\tKhairiyya sewing a costume while sitting in front of the Mazin House with her sister Raja.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Edwina
\n\t\t\t\tEdwina sitting between Khairiyya, who is wearing a typical house dress with her father, Yusuf, in the salon of their home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\"Khairiyya\"
\n\t\t\t\t\tKhairriyya dancing in the salon with Pepper.
\n\t\t\t\t\tPepper in a qhawazi costume that Pepper had made a couple of years previously based on photographs. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\tPepper taking a dance lesson with Khairriyya in the salon. Edwina and Pepper were the first to have set up classes with the Mazins.\u00a0 At the time of the roof party, Pepper arranged for 5 days of personal lessons after the rest of the tour had gone home. The Mazin sisters gave Pepper a taj <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(ghawazi head piece) to wear while she performs the dance. The Mazins had never taught an actual class before and even became upset when she tried to pay for the lessons.\u00a0 However, Pepper insisted on paying, and that was the start of a long friendship that continues to this day. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPepper showing Khairryya a photo album of Pepper’s dance troupe. Raja and Yusuf are also present.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\"Musicians\"
\n\t\t\t\t\t The rababa musicians who played for the roof party<\/span>..<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPepper between Raja (in maroon) and Khairriyya<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPepper dancing in the ruins of Karnak<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tMore photos coming soon…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Have a comment? Use or comment section at the bottom of this page or Send us a letter!<\/a>
\nCheck the "Letters to the Editor<\/a>" for other possible viewpoints!<\/p>\n

Ready for more?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Related Coming Events!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pepper’s Carnival of Stars Festival

\nthis weekend!<\/a><\/strong>
\nSee her Ghawazi troupe perform plus many more dancers and musicians at the fabulous
\nRichmond Auditorium, October 10 & 11, 09.
\nCome visit the Serpent Lounge for free sample classes and live music!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Next Giza Awards is November 1, 2010<\/a>

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>RSVP required to attend.

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEdwina Nearing<\/span> won the Lifetime Achievement Award last year for her\tresearch on the Ghawazi.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Khairiyya Mazin will be teaching and performing<\/strong> in April 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the International BellyDance Convention of Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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