Thread: alsalam alaykom

hey
iam a new member and iam arabian
(( we who invinted bellydance)) ..l;,
hehe
happy to find this forum
and i hope to intruduce my self as a usefull - funny - respectfull guy

nice to meet u already
and c u around

Nice to hear from you again.

again?

I didn't know Arabs invented bellydance - I thought it started out with gypsies who just happened to be passing through Arabic countries.

i didnt know that gypsies did that also ...(:
but i know for sure that arabian culture started it

i have documents..lol

I believe bellydance comes from either Arabs or Turks. Tracing the Rom (Gypsy) dances along the trail, they don't pick up any bellydance-like movement vocabulary in India or Persia, it starts appearing in the Turkish Romani and the Egyptian Ghawazi.

With the interactions between the Ottoman and the Egyptians over the years, it's almost impossible to sort out the chicken from the egg. Maybe it was a synergistic thing?

Marhaba, Badawi!

Originally Posted by Lauren_

I believe bellydance comes from either Arabs or Turks. Tracing the Rom (Gypsy) dances along the trail, they don't pick up any bellydance-like movement vocabulary in India or Persia, it starts appearing in the Turkish Romani and the Egyptian Ghawazi.

With the interactions between the Ottoman and the Egyptians over the years, it's almost impossible to sort out the chicken from the egg. Maybe it was a synergistic thing?

its started b4 ottman-turks age
that is for sure
and we - our history - there r an ancient dnacers ((known and unknown))
even b4 about more than 2000 years ago!!
i didnt get ur pint about chicken - egg thing?!

Originally Posted by bintbeled

Marhaba, Badawi!

marhaba bint balad!!
kef halik?

Originally Posted by badawi

its started b4 ottman-turks age
that is for sure
and we - our history - there r an ancient dnacers ((known and unknown))
even b4 about more than 2000 years ago!!
i didnt get ur pint about chicken - egg thing?!

There's an old riddle in English that asks "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" It's meant to describe a question that no one really knows the answer to, like saying "who knows?". Anyway, welcome to Bhuz!

Hi and welcome

I think where you believe belly dance originated depends of how you define belly dance...

Personally speaking, I thought it developed from Baladi dance to Raqs sharqi at Badia's club in Cairo around 90 years ago. ..g.:

Welcome!