Middle-Eastern dance
- "Oriental dance" redirects here. For oriental dance in popular culture, see Belly dance.
Musicians and a dancing boy (bacha) in Samarkand, ca. 1910
"Köçek troupe at a fair" at Sultan Ahmed's 1720 celebration of his son's circumcision. Miniature from the Surname-i Vehbi, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul.
The traditional dances of the Middle East (also known as oriental dance) span a large variety of folk traditions throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows:
- Belly dance, correctly termed raqs sharqi, raqs beledi depending on the style
- Ghawazi, traditional performative dance of the Egyptian Dom people
- Çiftetelli, Turkish folk dance found in the core territories of the former Ottoman Empire
- Persian dance
- Assyrian folk dance (i.e. khigga)
- Turkish dance
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External links
- www.asiacastaway.com "Video clip of an Arab men's singing group performing a traditional song and dance"
- Sacred World of Middle-Eastern Dance
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