Belly Dancing
Commonly referred to as ‘oriental dance’ or ‘raks sharqui’ (Arabic for ‘Dance of The East’). It is traced back over 6,000 years to early pagan matriarchal communities. These linked fertility dances with symbolic re-creations of giving birth to belly dance. Thus, the hip movements, muscular contractions and sinewy undulations, as well as Indian neck slides, all link the rituals. Mistaken for entertainment for men, history shows the sexes were strictly separated during such rituals, proving this wrong.
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Middle East
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