TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE
Tahtib dance
Tahtib (Egyptian Arabic: ت حط يب taḥṭīb) is the Modern Egyptian term for a stick fighting martial
art originally named Fan A'Nazaha Wa-Tahtib (the Art of being straight and honest through the
use of stick). The martial version of Tahtib also evolved into a traditional form of Egyptian folk
dance involving a wooden stick, also known as "stick dance" or "cane dance". It is sometimes also
described as a "stick-dancing game", or as a highly ritualized mock fight accompanied by music.