{"id":858905,"date":"2025-06-29T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/from-birthday-parties-to-weddings-the-rise-of-egypts-favorite-party-gorilla\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:12:07","slug":"from-birthday-parties-to-weddings-the-rise-of-egypts-favorite-party-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/from-birthday-parties-to-weddings-the-rise-of-egypts-favorite-party-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"From Birthday Parties to Weddings: The Rise of Egypt\u2019s Favorite Party Gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bIn recent years, Egypt\u2019s celebration scene has witnessed the emergence of an unexpected yet wildly popular trend: dancers donning giant gorilla costumes to entertain guests at various events, from birthday parties to weddings. This phenomenon has captivated audiences and sparked curiosity about its origins and cultural significance.\u200b \u200bThe emergence of gorilla costume dancers in Egyptian celebrations can be traced back to the viral success of TikTok videos posted by Elcirq el sha\u2019aby (The People\u2019s Circus) in 2023&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/egyptianstreets.com\/2025\/05\/26\/from-birthday-parties-to-weddings-the-rise-of-egypts-favorite-party-gorilla\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Farah Abbas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bIn recent years, Egypt\u2019s celebration scene has witnessed the emergence of an unexpected yet wildly popular trend: dancers donning giant gorilla costumes to entertain guests at various events, from birthday parties to weddings. This phenomenon has captivated audiences and sparked curiosity about its origins and cultural significance.\u200b \u200bThe emergence of gorilla costume dancers in Egyptian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":858906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1032,33031,192],"tags":[11138,19023],"class_list":{"0":"post-858905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birthday","8":"category-parties","9":"category-sports","10":"tag-birthday","11":"tag-parties"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}