Wekalet el Ghouri Arts Center is a street art installation in Garden City in Cairo. This place has 81 reviews and an average rating of 4.6 of 5. This is a great rating.
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Reviews from visitors:
Absolutely phenomenal. Come early (6:30PM) if you want to get an actual seat.
Music was amazing, costumes were fantastic, you can feel the love of God spinning off the dancers and onto you. I literally was asleep the half hour before the show started because of jet lag, and I was reinvigorated just from the beginning and it got better from there.
A must see when visiting Cairo, I think it was my favorite thing. Make sure you get there very early, you definitely want to get seats as close to the front as possible. There is not clear line when waiting early, be agressive when they actually start lining up. Extremely beautiful and entertaining.
This is a super cool place to see the whirling dervish show. It is a historic and intimate venue in the heart of Khan Khalili district. The show was authentic and truly magical. I would go again
Great setting reflecting old Cairo if 1000+ years. Area is focused on good spices!, then add material, pottery, brass craft markets surrounded by cafes and carts selling oddities. Endless alleys mutating into different product markets. Truly bustling and safe.
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" means skirt.
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