belly dance
Americannoun
noun
verb
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Origin of belly dance
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Her entry uses traditional Greek instruments and references the popular belly dance Tsifteteli.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The statue, which took five months to complete, shows Shakira wearing a maroon outfit and performing her famous belly dance.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2023
Rosen takes the history and culture of belly dance seriously, and her students understand that her classes benefit from that commitment.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022
Veterans of Cairo’s belly dance community often lament the foreign invasion as corrupting a local art form.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019
Here Mrs. Taylor ventured into the Street in Cairo, open at last, and witnessed her first belly dance.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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