Wekalet of Sultan al-Ghuri – Arts Center — Attraction in Cairo

Don't miss the Sofi "Tannoura" dance, accompanied by the Egyptian religious songs praising the Prophet Mohamed. The dance is based on bringing Allah, nature and humans altogether. This mixture advocates love, humanity and worshipping one creator. You can see that in the hand gestures of the dancers: pointing to the sky means Allah; pointing to his heart means love and spreading his arms means the word. He also uses the tambour-like musical instrument to "compose" or "draw" the word "Allah". It's confusing though: to sit in the back rows away from the sound system devices and see less, or to sit in the front and watch it all but go home with a headache! I prefer sitting in the middle. By the way, the word "tannoura"...

An amazing musical and visual experience! The tanoura troupe performs live music and the traditional whirling dance with colorful weighted skirts that seem to take on a life of their own. Mesmerizing and beautiful. Performances on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights from 7:30 to 9:00. But get there early! Ticket sales start at 6:30 pm and when we arrived right at that time, there was already a line of around 20 people. We still got good seats a few rows from the front and enjoyed the show immensely. Tickets are currently 94LE for non Egyptians and 15LE for Egyptians. Worth ever guinea! Highly recommended for anyone who likes live music and is interested in...

DURING RAMADAN... THERE ARE NO SHOWS! I couldn't find any information announcing this. I didn't know where the ticket office was. Parallel to the main street is a corridor where you go down. A kind Egyptian man guided us and of course asked for tips...assurance that at 7pm the door would open and the show would start. We weren't the only suckers, in the meantime others brought by the same guy arrived. After we waited like fools for an hour. a real Muslim appeared who gave us the correct information...without...