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armswide0pen
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 I thought this was entertaining and I may not have found them hot but their moves sure were 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:01 AM |
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Always_Striving
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This is one of the reasons I stopped watching television, the other reason of course is the fraudulant war.
Did I say uggggggh
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:11 AM |
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LibidinistLady
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It's all in the muscle control. Mama always said if a man can't dance then he can't hmm flat dance. One of those things she was right about. A couple of them look like they could be slightly bent vs straight but that doesn't mean they can't be drooled over. Plus I'm trying to copy some of their moves and footwork that I never did understand in my belly dancing classes. Traditionally there were 2 forms of belly dance, in public was only by men and in a 'family setting' women or women and men.
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:19 AM |
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armswide0pen
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don't know about anyone else but I wouldn't mind seeing Always show his moves
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:21 AM |
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Loreli
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I was gonna say-awesome, I bet he has fanTAStic moves in bed...
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:26 AM |
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MarysPlace
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I was gonna say-awesome, I bet he has fanTAStic moves in bed...
Well... guess you'd have to ask the guys about that. ;)
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:39 AM |
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LibidinistLady
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Hmm, I know a male belly dancer and his wife doesn't mind that he dances. He started dancing because she does.
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:42 AM |
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Always_Striving
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armswide0pen
don't know about anyone else but I wouldn't mind seeing Always show his moves
You Canadian women are such good flirts, but I wouldn't be caught dead doing a belly dance.
Bed dancing...... ahhh....that's another story 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:49 AM |
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armswide0pen
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I have to admit, when I watched the videos I was waiting for them to rip their pants off 
Always..........not even a little swing of the hips? 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 9:52 AM |
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twotall911
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they shook so hard that their happy toys fell off
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 10:13 AM |
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LibidinistLady
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I watched really really close... I didn't even see a happy toy flop up and down... 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 10:26 AM |
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Loreli
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they shook so hard that their happy toys fell off
 TT!
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:21 AM |
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Blondino
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I love Belly Dance and been doing it for 30 years nearly .. as I am half Turkish and lived in Istanbul 
Whenever I feel blue I get my music on and dance away the blues .. its great for the female organs ... 
By ancient traditon its a dance to celebrate female fertility .. so dance it with
care (you have been warned ) 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:24 AM |
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kewlkajn
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OMG!! I just saw part of the video. Why didn't y'all warn me that this is for women only?? BTW, wasn't he sexy?
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:26 AM |
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Blondino
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Any male belly dancers I ever saw in Istanbul and other places were Gay or tranvestite ....
In 30 more years I never saw a straight male belly dancer in the east ....
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:34 AM |
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Blondino
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Male Belly Dancing.
There has always been a tradition of men cross-dressing to emulate women and dance with a feminine flair. They are called Cengi (Syria), Kojak (Turkey), Batcha (Persia), Qawaal (Arabia), and Hawaal (Egypt). Since the Middle East is a segregated society, at certain times and places in history, it has been seen as improper for women to dance in the presence of men. Female impersonators traditionally have taken their place. Today, Turkey seems to be the most tolerant of these dancers. Many people report experiencing these performances. Some audiences see them without knowing it because the dancers have achieved their goal to pass as females.
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:40 AM |
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kattsmeow
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http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_12_8817_1/Wiggles_of_the_West.html
http://www.twooldbags.net/contest/wow.html
Belly dancing by women was done for women. Entertainment for them.
A real belly dancer does not except money like an "adult dancer". (pole dancers)
It is an art, a very old one. Done the right way it is very beautiful, you get lost in it as it tells a story.
Solitaire would know.
Hm, I can't remember the name of the lady that was the headliner at Boomtown.
I loved her. I do remember she had a "slight" problem with her top. 
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 11:51 AM |
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Blondino
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Interestingly women did dance in public in Turkey & still do at any opportunity they are up showing off their skills ... and I am up there with them
Its used to attract the man you want to nowadays ... you dance to him and he ,..... gets the message 
527 AD • A celebrated oriental dancer, actress, and alleged courtesan, becomes the Empress Theodora, wife of the Byzantium Emperor Justinian. The de facto ruler of Byzantium, she enacts laws protecting women’s rights. New Byzantium converts were accustomed to dance as a central part of worship so the church incorporated and absorbed their dances into the Christian rituals just as they did with many other myths, symbols, and holidays that predated Christ. Record of dance at this time is found on sculpture, and miniatures, but rarely was written about.
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:08 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Historically, most of the dances associated with belly dance were performed with the sexes separated; men with men and women with women. Few depictions of mixed dancing exist. This practice ensured that a "good" woman would not be seen dancing by anyone but her husband, her close family, or her female friends. Sometimes a professional dancer would go to a women's gathering with several musicians and get the women up and dancing. Today, sex segregation is not as stricty practiced in many urban areas, and sometimes both men and women would get up and dance socially among close friends in a mixed function. However, while social dancing during acceptable circumstances such as family functions is accepted and even encouraged, there are many people in Middle Eastern and North African societies who regard the performances of professional dancers in revealing costumes, for mixed audiences as morally objectionable. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that such performances should be banned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_dancing
It really depends on what kind of Belly dancing you want. I really didn't like the Tribal dancing that much.
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| Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:59 PM |
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Blondino
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Well as a Turk who lived in Turkey just giving my experiences in Turkey of the very open ways there. Women there dance and flirt and drink ...
They do Turkish Belly which has more movement in the arms . Men dance but its not really what I call Belly Dance ...
see sexy sexy girl
http://www.vidivodo.com/video.php?myvideo_id=20665
Egyptians are more conservative. One of my girlfriends is a professional dancer .. she is half oops Bahraini .... she has not told her Dad she dances as over there its seen as a low class profession
 Guess you cannot generalise about anything lol not even belly dancing & its history as there are so many countries with varied traditions.
In Turkey at gatherings there is always a " Single Women Dance " so you can dance and show guys you are ... "available " ... and have a chance to flirt with who you fancy works for me ( I was the oldest by far dancing many times )
[Edited on 3/2/2007 1:30 PM]
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