Tahtib: The Living Martial Art of Ancient Egypt

Is There Any Vestige of Tahtib in the Hungarian Folklore?

  • Galgóczi István
doi: 10.32563/hsz.2023.3.10

Abstract

„All things dread time, but time dreads the pyramids!”(Arab proverb). Tahtib, the ancient martial art of Egypt was born when the pyramids were built. After the decline of Ancient Egypt, tahtib transformed into a folk dance. In the 21th century from the rules of the folk dance tahtib, the modern tahtib – the modern Egyptian martial art – was born. Does the time dread tahtib or not?

Keywords:

Arabic language „botoló” (Hungarian folk dance) Egypt gypsies tahtib

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