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P.S. [1/10] After viewing a whole lot of Egyptian film clips (yes, taking in a lot of entertainment on my trip!), I was thinking about all the similarities between the song-and-dance sequences in each film industry. And naturally, I was thinking about that great Egyptian bellydance vs. what seems to be the Indian bellydance. I knew that the Indians weren’t doing the real bellydance as we know it, so I wondered, were they just imitating the Middle Eastern dancers in so many films, or is there a whole traidtion of Indian sort-of bellydancing? Then I realized – or recalled – that the answer is a little of both.
I remembered that someone whom I was in touch with sometime back, in the first couple of months of this blog (when it was still a “global music” blog), did a video that explained the difference between Middle Eastern bellydancing and Indian “bellydancing.” That, as I confirmed, was Sabreena aka Genieshanu, and she not only explains but also demonstrates, over on YouTube. That clip should clarify a few things for people who were wondering…, as well as being very nice to watch.
lots of entertainment on this trip…
Yes, indeed! :) It appears to me that the Egyptian moviemakers were quite fond of the song and dance sequences too, and it’s not difficult to make comparisons. It makes me want to look more into the history of the Egyptian film industry…
Though I have already known about Fifi Abdou for a while – the great queen of bellydancing!