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  • Can you dance the great dance? (Attan)

    Some think with the modern reincarnations of this war dance, our culture is modernising & adapting. Others think that it is slowly eroding.

    Some don't consider it a dance, more a preparation for war, with it being preformed with swords (and guns in some cases) especially in the older days before the battles with the British. Some say it originated as a pagan ritual praising the Greek Goddess Athena and I have even heard some say it was once performed around a fire in Zoroastrian times.

    Regardless of how it is seen, it is undeniably an important aspect of our culture.

    So who here can dance the great dance?
    Also, which types can you perform & which types are your favourite?



    Be honest.
    Perhaps some may also offer tips & advice to any potential learners out there.
    50
    I am an attan expert.
    18.00%
    9
    I am good at attan.
    16.00%
    8
    I can perform the basic moves.
    40.00%
    20
    I cannot do the attan.
    26.00%
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    Last edited by Haris; 11-28-2011, 08:13 PM.
    ---
    To advise others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice -- since it is bitter for those who follow their
    own inclinations and desires
    .


    -Imam al Ghazali

  • #2
    UCD ASA's Attan Spring 2011 - YouTube
    my fav attan

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    • #3
      I <3 attan a lot ..like when I hear it playingggg ...omyGosh :O

      but yea no more public attans! and I am not sure if I am good or not...I've had good moments and not so good moments ...but it's always exciting.

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      • #5
        ^ But can you do attan so well ...

        lol that's the question :D

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        • #6
          for some wedding all girls were asked to learn attan and i was asked as well LOL and then got kicked out coz i ruined it so many times

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          • #7
            @ iqra

            yes im the blue guy in the first video

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            • #8
              u wish

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              • #9
                Dm is a Pro i taught him well

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                • #10
                  Originally posted by Naatki View Post
                  for some wedding all girls were asked to learn attan and i was asked as well LOL and then got kicked out coz i ruined it so many times
                  LOOOl awwwwww omg yeah it gets intense, we've had so much drama ..

                  Originally posted by coconut_banana View Post
                  @ iqra

                  yes im the blue guy in the first video
                  I see lol

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                  • #11
                    Originally posted by Iqra View Post
                    LOOOl awwwwww omg yeah it gets intense, we've had so much drama ..



                    I see lol

                    yaa and omg its tiring lol but its gud excerise for losing weigh haha

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                    • #12
                      i dont like these westernized attans. i only like the ones that occur in villages like the ones i posted.

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                      • #13
                        Originally posted by Naatki View Post
                        This is clearly haram

                        And I have nothing against your culture, the same things if not worse happens in 'mine'.

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                        • #14
                          ^ look at my ones, they are real masculine things.

                          these western people have men and women do it together, but in villages, women do it privately and you wont find any vidoes of them.

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                          • #15
                            whole atthan thing is haram thu

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