enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: arabic belly dance outfits of ancient middle east women

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Badlah - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlah

    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 ...

  3. Belly dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_dance

    The modern Egyptian belly dance style and the modern belly dance costumes of the 19th century were featured by the Awalim. [31] For example, many of the dancers in Badia's Casinos went on to appear in Egyptian films and had a great influence on the development of the Egyptian style and became famous, like Samia Gamal and Taheyya Kariokka , both ...

  4. Arab folk dances - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_folk_dances

    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]

  5. Dabke - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabke

    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 ...

  6. Almah (dancer) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almah_(dancer)

    Almah or Almeh (Arabic: عالمة ʕálma IPA:, plural ʕawālim عوالم [ʕæˈwæːlem,-lɪm], from علم ʻālima "to know, be learned") was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Egypt, women educated to sing and recite classical poetry and to discourse wittily. [1]

  7. Ghawazi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghawazi

    The style of dance and costuming of the Ghawazi has been especially influential in crafting the look of American Tribal Style Belly Dance. The Gypsy Ghawazi dress consists of an Ottoman coat with slits, known as a Yelek or entari. The abdomen is covered by these coats. Turkish harem pants are worn under these coats. The coats are typically ...

  8. Glossary of belly dance terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Belly_Dance_Terms

    Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي), is the style of Egyptian belly dance that developed in the first half of the 20th century and is performed in cabarets and clubs and highly influenced by ballet, modern dance, and Latin dance. The term is derived from the Arabic raqs meaning dance and sharqi meaning of the east. The style is often ...

  9. Middle Eastern dance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_dance

    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:

  1. Ad

    related to: arabic belly dance outfits of ancient middle east women