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Despite belly dance commonly being known in the West as Arabic dance or Middle Eastern dance, much of the modern Arab world and Islamic Middle East considers it a highly disreputable art-form; in certain regions it is even outlawed. [24] [25] Belly dance remains common in Egypt, where it has two distinct social contexts: as a folk or social dance.
The bedlah is a dance costume and attire normally worn by women. The word bedlah is Arabic for "suit". In the world of belly dance and raqs sharqi the term bedlah refers simply to the costume that a dancer wears. Most commonly it is used to refer to the matched set of bra and belt that cabaret dancers use, but technically it encompasses all ...
The main body parts involved in the dance are the hands, the head and the "Thawb" itself. The hair, apart from the "Thawb" is the main element used to dance Khaleegy: women let their long hair "dance" moving it from side to side, back and forth, in circle and making other figures. [40] Recently it has become very popular among belly dancers. [41]
Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي, [ˈɾɑʔsˤ ˈʃæɾʔi]; literally "oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century. History
According to Youssef Ibrahim Yazbec, a Lebanese historian, journalist, and politician, [9] the dabke descends from Phoenician dances thousands of years old. [10] According to Palestinian folklorists Abdul-Latif Barghouthi and Awwad Sa'ud al-'Awwad, the dabke jumps may have originated in ancient Canaanite fertility rituals related to agriculture, chasing off evil spirits and protecting young ...
The traditional dances of the Middle East (Arabic: رقص شرق أوسطي) (also known as Oriental dance) span a large variety of folk traditions throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows:
Belly dance (1 C, 17 P) D. Dances of Georgia (country) (5 P) E. Egyptian dances (1 C, 8 P) ... Arab folk dances; Ardah; Assyrian folk dance; B. Belly dance; C. Circle ...
A khawal slave (dancing boy) dressed in a female dancing costume (c. 1870). Following prohibitions on women dancing in some public places, cross-dressing boys and men took their place to continue the local tradition publicly, these dancers were known as khawal, an Egyptian slang for queer, and were mainly dressed in feminine clothes and outfits. [2]