Describe and discuss the bar’a dance

What will be an ideal response?


• It is a social dance that originated in the Dhofar province but has spread throughout Oman.
• "Two men or boys (or more) dance side by side, bounding to the rhythm and swaying their daggers (hanjarfjanbiyah) overhead."
• "While the music for bar'a is performed by a community of male and female musical specialists, the dance . . ." is a male dance.
• It is enjoyed at weddings and other social events.

Formulaic Composition and the Solo Taqasim (instrumental improvisation)

"The theory of formulaic composition is applicable not only to vocal arts—song, poetry, and story telling—it is also a useful way to think about instrumental music."

"‘Ud Taqasim in Maqam Rast"

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