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  2. Yowlah - Wikipedia

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    Yowlah. An Emirati child performing Yowlah. The yowlah[1][2][3][4] / ˈjaʊlə / (Arabic: اليولة, al-yawlah, or العيالة, al-ʿayyalah or al-ʿiyyalah), is a weapon dance of the United Arab Emirates, traditionally performed during weddings, celebrations, and other events. [5][2] The dance is accompanied by traditional music (drums ...

  3. Arab folk dances - Wikipedia

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    Yaghūth. Yatha. v. t. e. Arab folk dances (Arabic: رقص عربي, romanized:raqs ʿarabiyy), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including the three main types of folklore, classical, and contemporary.

  4. Music of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The music of the United Arab Emirates stems from the Eastern Arabia music traditions.Distinctive dance songs from the area's fishermen are also well-known. Liwa (or leiwah / leywah) is a type of music and dance performed mainly in communities which contain descendants of Bantu peoples from the African Great Lakes region, and hybrid Afro-Arab rhythms such as the Sha'abi al-Emirati and Bandari ...

  5. Culture of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The United Arab Emirates is a part of the Arab khaleeji tradition. Yowlah, a type of music and dance also known as Al-Ayyala, has been registered by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2014. [39] One of the UAE's most famous traditional singers is Mehad Hamad, who is known for singing patriotic lyrics and poems about the desert.

  6. Emiratis - Wikipedia

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    Emirati music varies to each area although most are on folklore's, some cultural dances are the Harbiya which is well known all over the United Arab Emirates. The Al-Ayyalah" or "Yowla," is a traditional Emirati folk dance that holds significant cultural importance in the United Arab Emirates and other parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It is ...

  7. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in the United ...

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    Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman + [a] 2012 00744: Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates + [b] 2014 01012: Al-Ayyala is a weapon dance traditionally performed during weddings, celebrations, and other events.

  8. Khaleegy (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Khaleegy' or Khaliji (from Arabic خليج) is a mixture of modern style and traditional folkloric dance from the Persian Gulf countries of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The name of the dance literally means "gulf" in Arabic and it is performed by women at weddings and other social events.

  9. Arab culture - Wikipedia

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    Arab culture is the culture of the Arabs, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, in a region of the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab world. The various religions the Arabs have adopted throughout their history and the various empires and kingdoms that have ruled and took lead of the civilization have ...