{"id":380,"date":"2023-04-18T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2023-04-18T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T13:00:07","slug":"the-mayyas-%d9%85%d9%8e%d9%8a%d9%91%d8%a7%d8%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/the-mayyas-%d9%85%d9%8e%d9%8a%d9%91%d8%a7%d8%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mayyas &#8220;\u0645\u064e\u064a\u0651\u0627\u0633&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-04-18T12:11:31+00:00\">April 18, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rotimi Ogunsola <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418_120647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418_120647.jpg 618w, https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418_120647-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Trae Patton\/NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayyas are all female group dancers who are known for nearly perfect choreographed moves. Mayyas means &#8220;<em>the proud walk of a lioness<\/em>&#8221; in Arabic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Continue Reading -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dance group was formed by Nadim Cherfan and he is also responsible for all the coordination of act and routine moves of the group. The 36 crew dancers are all Lebanese who live in Beirut and have been together for over fours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, the Mayyas got to the semifinals of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent: &#8220;The Champions&#8221; and also won the first place in Arabs Got Talent event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to September 2022, they took the world by storm by winning the season 17 of America&#8217;s Got Talent and claim the keenly contested one million dollars grand prize. The Mayyas also received judge Sof\u00eda Vergara&#8217;s Golden Buzzer of the contest who described their performance as margical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mayyas Surprises The Crowd With Amazing Dance | AGT 2022\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26q67mM0jbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: AGT\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nadim Cherfan, the choreographer, has worked with 300 Lebanese girls and women in his 17 years as a dance teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayyas enjoyed the support of Lebanese fans during their quest for the American Got Talent Competition. The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International also launched an advertising campaign in the US with the slogan \u201cKermalak Ya Lebnen\u201d  which translates to \u2018For You Lebanon\u2019 to promote and support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayyas are indeed the pride of every Arabic Girl Child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotimi Ogunsola The Mayyas are all female group dancers who are known for nearly perfect choreographed moves. 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