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Where Cultures Collide

Zaffa

Season 1 Episode 5

Zaffa is a wedding procession filled with music and dance and can include elaborate costumes as well. It's a custom with a long history in Arabic cultures and the tradition continues today in Southern California where performance groups are hired to lead the zaffa at weddings.

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