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Mirah Ammal's performance in "The 5th Annual Evening of Middle Eastern Dance" staring Sahra Saeeda, hosted by Samantha Fairuz and Denise. Milwaukee, WI, 2008.
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A contemporary raks assaya (not in traditional costume) at a performance for an Al-Bahira Dance Theater/Aalim School of Dance fundraiser. Video by Najwa.
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This drum solo was performed at an event for the Guild of Oriental Dance. Of course some of the small shimmy-vibrations and flutters are a little lost at this resolution, but hopefully you'll get the idea. Thanks to Linda for the video work.
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Mirah Ammal performs a dance with shamadan (candelabra) in the January 2007 Oriental Treasures performance. (May be a little dark/difficult to see at the beginning as she entered through the audience in the darkened theater, but it gets easier to see once she reaches the stage.) Thanks to the Jurischs for the videography.
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Flute Concert by K. Bhaskaran at RAF -excerpts, honours to his veteran Guru Mayavaram Saraswathi Ammal also known as Mayavaram Papa Ammal, hosted by Flute maestro Shri N. Ramani, felicitations by Dr Padma Subramainam and Shri N. Krishnaswamy, function in 2005 Jan, Narada Gana Sabha Chennai
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When you're an anaconda you don't need venom to take down your prey, even if its the world's largest rodent, a capybara, weighing somewhere in the neighboorhood of one hundred pounds!
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