Listen to the sound clip To the French colonial rulers, the folk dance of Algeria represented retrogressive and immoral traits, and they tried to suppress the dance form. But this only made it all the more significant as a symbol of resistance. Women, in particular, began using dance as a mode of resistance, signaling with their bodies a refusal to be cowed by the colonizers. from Andrew (English United States) TTS Computer AI Voice:
To the French colonial rulers, the folk dance of Algeria represented retrogressive and immoral traits, and they tried to suppress the dance form. But this only made it all the more significant as a symbol of resistance. Women, in particular, began using dance as a mode of resistance, signaling with their bodies a refusal to be cowed by the colonizers.
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