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Originally Posted by Aniseteph
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But I do understand all of it! And I can tell you, that what is said on this video (which is a clip from some Greek tv programme, I don't know which) is nothing more than what is said in the promotional text that MariatheGreek has posted here. Same things said with more words plus some reporters who say some irrelevant things about their experiences with belly dancers in Middle East, plus the students who are praising the stuff. As about the "pre-Islamic raqs sharqi"
, she says, that since the archaeological excavations have brought different ancient stuff about Egypt to the light, we can tell now for sure when the Raqs Sharqi in ancient times exactly started
MariatheGreek, sorry, I don't want to offend you, but the stuff about "pre Islamci Raqs Sharqi" is absolutely ridiculous!
There can be NO proves about the beginning of what we call today Raqs Sharqi, there can only be fantastic speculation. Maybe we can talk about pre-Islamic belly dance, but for sure we cannot talk about pre-Islamic Raqs Sharqi!
We've talked often about the subject "Roots of belly dance" here in OrientalDancer, just have a look at this thread where real experts like Aisha Azar and Tarik Sultan are giving explanations to the matter.
http://forum.orientaldancer.net/othe...lly-dance.html
And just one advice from me who know Greece as well as the rest of the world: in Greece you are what you claim to be and because people are too lazy and too comfortable to check if it is true or not, you can sell everything, if you "wrap" it in an appealing packing. But this is not valid for the rest of Europe and North America. People don't just believe everything they hear, they check and if they find out that you are bluffing, they send you to hell.