Different Styles of Belly Dancing

When belly dancing started, it was not actually a costume where you would show your stomach. It was more like a long dress with layer over layer over layer and then like a scarf that would show your hip movement when you would do one. That was more the traditional belly dancing but then as it became more popular you have the cabaret kind of dancing where you actually have a top and then you show your stomach and you have a long skirt you know big, wide, long, short. Or some harem pants that is what you called the pants with the little slit on the side.

For example, this is what I am wearing, it is a costume made of two pieces. Usually you have some kind of coins or belts to show the movement to accentuate. Usually your skirts are made on different panels. This one is made of a lot of panels where you have some better very tight where you do not actually move a lot and they do not have slits necessarily. And the top usually has a lot of coins, mine only has a little bit here but there are some that are you know very heavy and like it shows the movement much more.


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