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Belly Dance (Oriental Dance)

The dance which Americans know as "belly dance" has gone by many names. The French who found the dance named it "dance du ventre", or dance of the stomach. It is known in Greece as the cifte telli (also the name of a Turkish rhythm), in Turkey as rakkase and in Egypt as Raks Sharki.

Middle Easterners also call it "dance orientale" to distinguish it from the "balady", or country dance. It developed through the influence of many different areas and continues its long process of development today.

After its appearance at the Chicago Exposition at the turn of the century, Americans discovered it, and the French name, dance du ventre, was translated into the "belly dance".