In Turkey today, the belly dance is very popular. You can watch it on TV and it is still the custom for the bride and groom to hire a belly dancer for their wedding
Belly dance is uniquely designed for the female body, with an emphasis on abdominal muscles, hip moves, and chest moves. It is firm and earthy, traditionally with bare feet connected to the ground. It is a dance characterized by smooth, flowing, complex, and sensual movements of the torso, alternated with shaking and shimmy type moves.
| The dancers often use some type of rhythm instrument to aid the musicians, or as the sole accompaniment to their dance. The use of various other props in the dance such as snakes, swords, veils, and candles. |
In Turkey, the spectators pay the dancer directly in the form of cash placed on the dancer's body.
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