Syriac dance

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Syriac dance (Syriac: Dabke) is a group of traditional hand-holding dances similar to those from the Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. It is a form of round dancing, with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre of the dancing circle.

Syriacs sing and dance in all of their festivals, birthdays, and marriage ceremonies. There are several types of Syriac dances, depending on with ceremony or wich song is played.

Several instruments such as Oud, Zurna and Davul is used within singing or dancing.

[edit] See also

• Aramean-Syriac people