Shamakhi dancers
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The Shamakhi dancers (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı rəqqasələri; Armenian: Շամախի պարողներ) were the principal dancers of the entertainment groups that existed in Shamakhi (in modern Azerbaijan) up to the late 19th century. These groups worked similarly to tawaifs.
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