Aisha Azar
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Art
Dear Stacy,
Actually, we see that all the time in Egyptian belly dance. The difference is that because of their own ethnocentricty and cultural background, because they are Egyptian, they end up using the different influences in a very Egyptian way, just as Americans have taken some Egyptian influences and generally use them in a very western way. I think this might be referred to as filtering, if I remember from sociology class, but don't quote me on that because I am not totally sure. The dance continues to evolve in Egypt and still retains that fundamental Egyptianness. For the most part, Egyptians would have as hard a time working around that as westerners usually have working around their own cultures. Occasionally there is the individual who somehow is really deep down sympatico with another culture, but it does not happen very often.
BTW this is a really well thought out question and I appreciate it!
Regards,
A'isha
Dear Stacy,
Actually, we see that all the time in Egyptian belly dance. The difference is that because of their own ethnocentricty and cultural background, because they are Egyptian, they end up using the different influences in a very Egyptian way, just as Americans have taken some Egyptian influences and generally use them in a very western way. I think this might be referred to as filtering, if I remember from sociology class, but don't quote me on that because I am not totally sure. The dance continues to evolve in Egypt and still retains that fundamental Egyptianness. For the most part, Egyptians would have as hard a time working around that as westerners usually have working around their own cultures. Occasionally there is the individual who somehow is really deep down sympatico with another culture, but it does not happen very often.
BTW this is a really well thought out question and I appreciate it!
Regards,
A'isha