Dance Photo Gallery #1	Updated: 11 May 2002

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North African Basket Dance This dance shows a stylized bit of the daily lives of women of the village, as they collect and sift the grain to be used for making bread or couscous.
Tahirih's Dance (Classical Persian) Tahirih was a great poet, teacher, and spiritual leader in mid-1800s Persia (now Iran). She was a leader of the Babi movement which broke away from Islam and later became the Baha'i Faith. She is most remembered for being the first woman to remove her face veil in public and for founding the women's movement. She was martyred at age 36. This dance shows scenes from her life and symbolizes her breaking out of the restrictions her culture had placed upon all women. Both photos here are of Sherifa.		credit: Wendy Owens-Leech
Tunisian Couscous Dance Vigorous front-and-back hip twists while standing on the balls of the feet typifies Tunisian dance. The couscous dance has many sudden starts and stops. The costume dates back at least to the days of the Roman Empire — when Carthage, in present-day Tunisia, was Rome's greatest rival. First image, clockwise from top: Mindiri, Asfaneh, Sherifa, Veda Sabine.

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