Reen.Blom
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My dad has an Iraqi friend who said that about me dancing. Just goes to show our different cultural backgrounds and the different contexts we see dancing in.
i dont understand your statement...what is sad and what is shameful
so it was said she should only be dancing for her husband, why is this type of modesty shameful...
Charity,
I do not find it shameful to dance for own husband. But when I hear statements of this sort, I get really sad, because it implies that belly dance is not a dignified dance, fit for everyone to watch. It implies that belly dance is immodest, overly-provocative and even indecent. I do not believe that such statement does honour to the dance, as it should not be equalled with say strip dancing.
Is belly dance immodest? Would it degrade a woman to perform in public?
I see nothing wrong with individuals choosing to only perform for their husbands or close family.
But to imply that it should NOT be does otherwise and not ever in public? This IS degrading. The ppl I heard that statement from, have an image of bellydance as "men-only" entertainment something indecent that a respectable women would never do. So what does that statement make us all on the forum that choose to dance outside ones bedroom? "Immodest"... I assume...