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Suffi Dance Show in Islamic Cairo

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Destination: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Price: $45.00
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cairo or giza hotel private  pick up by our guide to Discover more about the Islamic culture and enjoy a night exploring Islamic Cairo where you will attend the spectacular Sufi Dance Show at wikalat al ghouri. Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), is a form of physical active meditation which originated among Sufis, and is still practised by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the worship ceremony, then to El Moez Street the best place where you can see the Islamic architecture arts.then trasnfer back to your hotel

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Stop At: Wekalet El Ghouri Arts Center, 3 Mohamed Abdo St Muhammad 'Abduh Street, Cairo 11511 Egypt

You will picked up from your hotel in cairo or giza hotel  to enjoy a 2 hour night tour in Islamic Cairo and transported to see the Sufi Dance Show at wikalat al ghouri. Sufi whirling is a customary dance performed within the worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun. After the show you will then be taken to El Moez Street, the best place where you can see the Islamic architecture arts.

Afterwards you will be transported back to your hotel.

Duration: 2 hours