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Welcome to Rakkasah
The Rakkasah family of festivals happen 4 times every year.Rakkasah West
The largest bellydance festival in the world. Happens every March in California.
Rakkasah East
The East Coast's largest bellydance festival. Happens every October in New Jersey.
Spring Caravan
Bellydance fusion festival in New Jersey every May.
Winter Moon
A mid-winter workshop extravaganza. Happens every February in California.
Dancing With Swords - Poem by Mary Rudge - Poet Laureate of Alameda, CA
It's all about balance
the sharp edge to the brain
about showing you metal strong and shining
and the flash of steel in the will to do
understanding the point.
It's about no fear of others' swords,
for you have words of hope and healing.
It's about best foot forward
stepping out, the journey of
a thousand miles begins.... All that
you learned before, here hear again.
Sure, it's about "look at me"-
it's about dance in beauty, dance together,
it's about "see what we can do"
it's about choreography
that moves us there to here
in inner-music harmony,
It's about unity -
it's you and you and you and you and me
It's about skill to BE
it's all about balance