Sufi meets folk dance

11 Mar

010

A must see tourist attraction for the non tourist types.  This sufi meets folk dance performance is held 3 times a week at the Wikalet El-Ghoury in the heart of Islamic Cairo.

History says that Sultan Qonsuah Al Ghoury was the sultan in the Memluk Dynasty. What is the theater today, housed merchants, markets & the Sultans family many generations ago.  Apparently this building has been standing since the 15th century.

The performance is held every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday evenings.  Entrance is completely free of charge and doors open at 7:30pm.  I suggest you get there early as it tends to fill up quite quickly.  The performance begins at 8:30pm and lasts for approximately One and a half hours.

Pictures below:

9 Responses to “Sufi meets folk dance”

  1. Khadija 11. Mar, 2010 at 9:11 pm #

    These pictures are beautiful!

  2. mash 11. Mar, 2010 at 10:35 pm #

    some impressive shots in here. the B/W is a winner, amazing. really love that one.

    What camera do you use?

  3. Naeem.co.za 11. Mar, 2010 at 10:43 pm #

    thanks man. technically, Black and white images are really color pictures (with light shades of color and thousands of shades of grey to give effect)

    Using a Canon 1000D, fyi original exif info of that image: Iso1600, F5.6 – 1/60s – 55mm

  4. Fatima 12. Mar, 2010 at 2:49 am #

    Beautiful!

  5. Aasia 12. Mar, 2010 at 9:41 am #

    Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!

  6. Aasia 12. Mar, 2010 at 9:49 am #

    brilliant

  7. mash 25. Mar, 2010 at 6:50 pm #

    you have a natural eye for a shot. I look forward to seeing more from Egypt. I love that country

  8. Will 07. Apr, 2010 at 2:34 pm #

    Awesome mate. Must be a cultural OD being over there. Watch out for the skelm taxi drivers :)

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