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Originally Posted by SamiraShuruk
YouTube - Tony Hanna - "Yaba Yaba La" - طوني Ø*نا
okay the Tony Hanna clip confuses me. He's playing with a stick, doing movements I've been taught are common in Tahtib and Saidi dance ...
and yet this is a debke. 
Is he just playing around? Or is there something in the lyrics that connects the two styles, or am I completely missing the point?
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From what I remember (and this might not be accurate) the song is about a girl, a love song. I think he wants her back. BUT- take that with a grain of salt- because I could be mixing it up with at least 100 songs with that subject matter.
In Lebanon the dancers very often do "saidi" or more accurately asaya to debke music. They throw in "homage to saidi" steps and moves- or they are always seen as such because they are moves involving stick...and they also throw in debke steps. This is what I see in this video...although it could be more. I'd also guess he's got folklore dance training- so saidi/tahtib would be in there.
Twirling a cane is twirling a cane. If you are twirling a cane- does that automatically make it "saidi" style? From a dancer perspective I'd look to the movement (and music) context.