...of Karsilama dance (danced in both Turkey and Greece, by both males and females, it has warrior-origin and it is not considered provocative in any way) and several gypsy-Roma dances where both males and females dance.
Both types of dances are taught to children very early and they are also very helpful for children to dance, as they have line-dance and pair versions, depending on the style of the music and the area each song comes from.
So, you can add to the Saidi/Debke several other forms of middle eastern dances, which can be diversified as children grow to be danced with knives, with bellydance costumes, etc, depending on what the grown children will decide in the future...
By the way, one of my favourite debke songs and videos, because it shows teens dancing as well, it is this
Fares Karam - El Ghorba ???? ??? - ?????? - YouTube
(i also adore the connection they make in the video between debke and street dance, i love it!).
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