POPULAR DANCE SONGS IN HADRAMOUT

1. Men dance in soft harmony of two opposite lines, singing and dancing on palm of the hand and "Badwiyi" ladies with embriodered gown, anklets and bangles facing the dancer and drive behind with drum harmonies following dancer after dancer.
   
2. Women dance in Shahram/Al sharqiyah sitting two equal lines keeping the bride in the center and beating the drums and dressed with belts on waist and anklets in legs producing special melody and bride dances and become lifeful.

For the songs of this dance the well known poeter and luter Hussein Abubakar Al Mahdaar wrote expressing best expression in song " Noub Jardan Yulqaa Asal"

This unique dance still remains its oldest nature as Professor (AL SANAR) one of the German musicians and specialized the secret of popular music (it is harmony is a sort of BOLUFONIYA which is pointed one of the eleqant harmonies in the world popular music as he said).

all women and men stand up individually and explain (Al Hajar and Marawis) As mentioned the stretching, elongation, harmonies and accent of this Rayad dance and their number is three and all of them surpassed during harmonies while usually attached on playing flute.

The way of performing is to move the player inside a circle rounding the spectators where they are jumping in the air (Damara) and sitting down again on the ground.

As mentioned the first act (Damara) and the second (Karasa) and the ladies never do this movement, but instead of this they wave their hair right and left and called this (Al Na'eesh) and usually this performance is done during marriages ceremonies.

The dance is containing two sections as mention the first (Al Madkhal) featuring monotony in sight and act, and the second (Al Makhraja) featuring quick act.

This servitude to be related the known player of Al Zarbadiya and favor or grace returns to them in perpetuation of this dance and specialized to dwellers of Hadramout Valley and passed after that to other Hadramouth towns and villages.

Ahmed Fadal Al Qamandani has arranged many popular dance harmonies in the area of LAHAJ and found the popular Mahadara feelings , songs arranged on harmony popular dances known in Hadramout for example (Al Khaba) dance in the song of (Min Hasanak Tafadal Jawd Le Bilbiqa).