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Bellydancing is the western
name for the traditional
forms of dancing from the middle east.
Bellydancing is also known as Oriental
dancing or folkdancing.
Bellydancing is though to be one of the oldest formes
of dance though it is debated as to when it started.
Some evidence has has Bellydancing dating back between
2000 and 5000 b.c. in the Middle East though some would
say it dates further back to before recorded history.
Bellydancing is known to be
native to North Africa,
Asia and the middle East and is belived to be either
a sosial dance although it has also been thought to
have been part of religious customs.
Westerners became aware of Bellydancing through the art
and writing of the orientalist movement during the 18th
and 19th centuries. Through these works of art the people
of the west became fascinated with the romantic and
exotic idea of the east.
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