Turkish Knife Dance Video.

[arnisador]

Seen on MT:

sP6KoDKoClI

(URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP6KoDKoClI)

Looks interesting!

[arnisador]

Yemen Knife Dance:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2076624/yemen_knife_dance/

[Robert Klampfer]

Seen on MT:

sP6KoDKoClI

(URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP6KoDKoClI)

Looks interesting!

Now that my ears have stopped bleeding from the zurna music... I'm curious what the nature of the dance is. It doesn't appear to be very "martial".

Robert

[Carol]

Now that my ears have stopped bleeding from the zurna music... I'm curious what the nature of the dance is. It doesn't appear to be very "martial".

Robert

Its a folk dance, seen in some near-East Islamic countries. Its possible to see similar dances in the Baltics as well. Its sometimes even done in Greece...a relic of the Turkish domination.

It symbolizes a boy coming of age. ;)

[sjansen]

I don't see alot of translation to the self defense arts in the videos, but thank you for the social aspect of the knife used in the cultures of the world.

[arnisador]

Lots of cultures have knife dances, as it turns out.