Circassian dances highlighted in Jerash Festival

A Circassian dance troupe, the Highlanders, Tuesday presented the Jordanian audience a marvelous show at the ancient Southern Theater of Jerash city.
As part of the 2017 Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, over 90 dancers performed Circassian folk dances in Levant countries including Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Palestine as well as dances of Caucasians.
Large number immigrants of Circassians, a Caucasian ethnic group, settled in the Levant region in the late 19th century.
Circassian immigrants have become an essential part of the Levant countries’ cultural and social texture, specially in Jordan.