The
Gilded Serpent presents
the feast!
Rakkasah
West Festival
Sunday
(basically, but other stuff too!)
Page
1 of 2
March
2004, Richmond, California
photos
by GS Volunteers including:
Biram,
Clare,
Cynthia, Krista,
Lynette, Michelle,
Monica,
Sandra,
Saroya,
Valentino,
Yasmine
and probably more!
*Let
us know if you recognize faces!
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Leila Haddad
France and Tunisia |
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Aziza
Montreal, Canada |
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Shanna
South Bay, California |
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DaVid
Sweden |
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Denise's
troupe dancing to Pangia
Mt. Shasta
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Desert
Heat
East S.F. Bay area, California |
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Aneena's Troupe
Novato |
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From
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Bert Balladine, as always, is generous
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Bert with his assistant Naila
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Shukriya, Bert, and Naheda |
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Ready
for More?
5-28-04
Dance Contests
by Yasmela
People
being who they are, and dance and art and America being
what they are, there will always be the competitive urge,
the attitude that success is defined by the amount of your
income, the number of your trophies.
5-
26-04 Dance Festival
or Shop-a-thon? by Nisima
Shukriya,
can you hear me now?
5-24-04 Dancing
Darkly: The Phenomenon of Gothic Belly Dance by Laura
Tempest Schmidt
This
may come as a shock to many, but Gothic Belly Dance isn’t
really a new phenomenon, and it’s not just centered
in California. First of all, it’s simply a merger
of two entities that go well together, like peanut butter
and chocolate.
5-16-04
Sirat Al-Ghawazi,
Part 2 by Edwina Nearing
Begun
in the mid-1970's , the early sections of "Sirat Al-Ghawazi"
were first published under the title "The Mystery of
the Ghawazi." We are happy to be able to respond to
the continued demand for these articles by making them available
to our readers worldwide.
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