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Originally Posted by amina_kamal
I performed one of Faten Salama's melaya choreagraphies in her show and we made our own melayas because the costume melayas are too long and wide with too many paillettes and stuff. The material needs to have weight to it in order to be able to manueuver it around.
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When wearing a meleya you gather it into the hands vertically. This also makes a "nice" fit.
Did your performance not include sauntering in the wrapped meleya? The meleya needs to have length to be able to wrap it and have it stay in place when you move
The ones I saw being sold to dance tourists in Cairo were too short and you had to hold them in place - very restricting.
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Originally Posted by amina_kamal
Also Faten had us sew on a sequined edge in order to have a place to grab onto in order to get the melaya to fall into the right position at the right time.
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Not the dreaded dropping onto the floor?
