Arab dance
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An Arab dancer with a pose of the belly dance
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Arab folk dances (Arabic: رقص عربي, translit. raqs ʿarabiyy) also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including the three main types of folklore, classical, and contemporary. It is enjoyed and implemented throughout the Arab region, from North Africa to the Middle East.
The term "Arabic dance" is often associated with the belly dance. However, there are many styles of traditional Arab dance, and many of them have a long history. These may be folk dances, or dances that were once performed as rituals or as entertainment spectacle, and some may have been performed in the imperial court. Coalescence of oral storytelling, poetry recital, and performative music and dance as long-standing traditions in Arab history. Among the best-known of the Arab traditional dances are the Belly dance and the Dabke.
Traditional dancing is still popular among expatriate Arabs, and has also been very successfully `exported' to international folk dance groups, circle dance groups and expressive dance all over the world. All dancers wear the traditional costume to embody the history of their culture and tell their ancestors stories.
Historically, dance has always been an important part of Arab culture. One of the oldest social dances enjoyed by the Arab people in the Middle East and North Africa of all ages and sexes at ceremonial events named Raqs Baladi means in (Arabic: بلدي baladī; relative-adjective "of town", "local", "rural", comparable to English "", with a lower-class connotation). During the series of invasions on the Arab world, Europeans were influenced by Arab culture, During the French campaign in Egypt and Syria in 1798, Europeans were interested in the Arab world. In the middle of the 19th century, the Arab lands, especially the Levant, Mesopotamia and Egypt were collectively referred to as the East. The Middle East attracted European painters and writers in the 19th century who came to be orientalists, among the most prominent personalities are Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugene Delacroix and Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres.
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