Women used to dance for celebrations in my country,no men around, for fun and joy . Egyptian here
@nassimaattaf7 ай бұрын
Yes, like in many Arab cultures
@aiko93937 ай бұрын
Just because this dance is always performed on weddings, doesn't mean it's for fertility. After all, weddings are when everyone gathers. My aunt went for a wedding in Jakarta. She kept meeting people going to and from the same wedding in her way there and back, even if she didn't see them on the event 😂
@2manytards7 ай бұрын
@@aiko9393 Marrying for any reason other than children is pure stupidity and borderline idol worship on the part of the male. Imagine willingly merging your soul to something with the depth of a puddle WITHOUT the prospect of children...buuuut idiots do it on the regular
@Bellverine6 ай бұрын
Use too
@babidavi69106 ай бұрын
@@Bellverine The comment is talking about the origin of the dance, so yes, used to.
@HermioneGirl19876 ай бұрын
I’m a ballet dancer, and I find it so interesting how they can isolate each movement. It’s very technically interesting to watch.
@kellyfowler64265 ай бұрын
Not a dancer, just an old lady who looks at this in amazement and also thinking this is something that might help my old bones loosen up.
@pixie125 ай бұрын
It shares the same traits (isolation) as pop and lock. Fun to do as well as watch.
@Pendragon6675 ай бұрын
Do you know Barbin (or Barbin.ili)? She's a chinese TikToker that's currently trending. Her ability to isolate specific movements is insane. /shorts/UFD8WpGFUsI /shorts/nuBSsDfNhlQ
@juliettek.94405 ай бұрын
I’m a Polynesian dancer, I’ve studied bits and pieces of belly dance. I always wanted to learn ballet. It’s graceful and the way you get stretch and line is beautiful to watch
@kalistrand54205 ай бұрын
SO AMAZING- I have been awestruck since childhood by the strength, precision, grace and beauty of these kinds of dances! I was THRILLED at 9 when my jazz dance teacher taught us how to move our hips fluidly- I can still do it!
@deborahhoward51324 ай бұрын
"Because everything we do is not about men or bearing children." Yesssss! 👏🏿 Say that!!!
@lemonheadalisa54025 ай бұрын
the “did your people originally use it for fertility” immediately followed by “or did you read that on google” goes incredibly hard. i had to pause just to appreciate that
@UkeCan15 ай бұрын
It's like a 1-2 punch. Brilliantly executed.
@mightykaytor4 ай бұрын
Perfection.
@David6.34 ай бұрын
Internet geniuses generally have the IQ of a glass of milk.
@blackgirlemonight4 ай бұрын
yess!!!!!!
@patriciav67104 ай бұрын
Haaa
@NoOne007 ай бұрын
Also there's the fact that this was a dance style created by women and for women and is primarily danced in all women gatherings. What fertility dance?
@zarasbubble17487 ай бұрын
Now.. I’m probably way out of line but the first thing I thought when I read the comment about fertility is…movements like these of the hips promote healthy blood flow to the pelvic area and reproductive organs (so uterus, ovaries, tubes, etc) and healthy blood flow promotes better fertility. So that could be the relationship (although I’m not making comments whether it is the case or not, just merely pointing out an intere connection). However you could also be doing figure 8 on and on and it would sort of achieve the same thing
@Some_guy_passing_by7 ай бұрын
Fertility isn't affected by any dance ....but I have read somewhere that these dances were meant to help with pain associated with childbirth , or lower back mobility issues but it's too far fetched to call it a fertility dance .
@ms.l.35257 ай бұрын
Even if it was a fertility dance it is nothing to be ashamed of. Dances promote good health and maybe such movements focused around the pelvic area did have benefits when it came to fertility. Nothing wrong in that.
@zarasbubble17487 ай бұрын
@@ms.l.3525 100% agree! Now… if I wasn’t a complete broomstick… that’d be good 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@judithsturgis98227 ай бұрын
And where’d the idea that belly dancing was a fertility dance? One guess where that idea began
@ambercastle36675 ай бұрын
Sis was tearing it up in the dance and with her commentary, you BETTA!! The same principle for twerking and wining but that’s a whole other discussion.
@epn84594 ай бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@shantellakaladypersephone86714 ай бұрын
Thats what I said, Sis!! She betta WERRRKKKKK💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🎶🎶🎶
@DuskyJewel4 ай бұрын
💯 💯!
@Firestoner99Ай бұрын
I get twerking but wining?? If you have energy I'd love to know what you mean about that
@nycdanilrebel19 сағат бұрын
What's there that you don't understand? People like to wine and it's not just to entice men@@Firestoner99
@Mvnst3r7 ай бұрын
“Some things are just for us” THAT’S IT!!!
@kashagizmo7 ай бұрын
That is an excellent reason to dance!
@2manytards7 ай бұрын
@@kashagizmo makes so much more sense than "happiness"...somehow, or so I'm told by women
@P.e.m.a.6 ай бұрын
Dont tell the liberals, they will have a stroke. 😂
@herbmamasujaiatpeacefulwel85695 ай бұрын
Absolutely 🙏🏽
@klove61495 ай бұрын
I wish ALL cultures would understand THIS!!
@keikairin20385 ай бұрын
"Some things are not about men". I like that attitude.
@chuckjones84594 ай бұрын
Tell that to her pagan false profit moo ham mad
@stanholcomb4 ай бұрын
Real men love that thought!👍
@scotthearts96344 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@lilyt183 ай бұрын
👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
@Raynbows4 ай бұрын
I love how you dont let no one tell you about your own culture and heritage. Keep dancing! You can see the love for it in your eyes
@jessie-ht7bc7 ай бұрын
Thank you! In morroco, or at least the rif mountains, it definitely never has been about fertility. In fact. It is only really danced in gatherings of women, where no man can see. Why would a fertility dance be danced out of sight of the men. It has always been about women, dancing for joy and to celebrate. To have fun with one another and to strengthen a community.
@dyawr7 ай бұрын
A fertility dance can ve danced anywhere, if it's done ritualistically. But you need to know that this dance used to be performed *in front* of men, and to entertain men, for a long time. And it is still danced performatively at weddings & other events, where men are present.
@jessie-ht7bc7 ай бұрын
@@dyawr are you educating me about my own tribe and culture. This dance in my tribe is damced at weddings, sure, but weddings have always been a seperated celebration. Where men and women rarely meet eyes during the entire week of it. So no, it is not danced in front of men. It is, and has been for many generations, danced my women for women
@dyawr7 ай бұрын
@@jessie-ht7bc *Yes* I am, because this isn't "your dance". Lol, the arrogance.
@dyawr7 ай бұрын
@@jessie-ht7bc The origins of this dance are not known, but it's speculated to have been thousands of km away from your country, in the M. East. And during the Is**mic caliphates, you best believe this dance was done in front of men, to please men. There is literature about this, depictions, and so on. Even if this would've been "your culture" exclusively, you can still very ignorant on it as a person today. Location doesn't make you a historical expert (or any kind of expert), lol.
@peakdelvalle1977 ай бұрын
@@dyawr it's hilarious for you to be lecturing anyone on their arrogance. If you don't agree with what the creator or others are saying, why not scroll past, why make a personal comment crusade? Unless there's something else here enraging you?
@nellieken7 ай бұрын
Men will label any kind of dancing a woman does as fertility dancing. Implying that the woman is trying to be provocative, when she's really just dancing. Happens in my culture too. Keep dancing and enjoying yourself.
@DivineIntervention19986 ай бұрын
You do realize this comment was made by a woman, not a man. So why are you bringing men into a problem that a woman has started? And I'm not a man. Please stop trying to hold men accountable for crap women do to themselves. Because the woman who made this post did so on her own free will. I don't understand why so many of you women keep trying to drag men into this when you can clearly see the post was made by a woman.
@Anonymous-uw4sr6 ай бұрын
FERTILITY IS ABOUT THE FEMALE BODY. WOMEN HELPING WOMEN, WOMEN HAVING FUN WITH WOMEN. SO IT'S A FERTILITY DANCE.
@Anonymous-uw4sr6 ай бұрын
@@DivineIntervention1998Exactly, and every person in the comment section seems to not know what fertility actually means.
@JujiCallisto6 ай бұрын
@@DivineIntervention1998 because that commenter didn't get this wrong perspective out of thin air, men indeed made dancing of all kinds about seducing them.
@Rosebud696 ай бұрын
@@DivineIntervention1998 I think it doesn't really matter who the comment was made by really. It just opened a conversation of people always assuming belly dancing always has to do with motherhood, reproduction, fertilityor some kind of provocative stancr. And for a lot of women, this assumption is usually placed upon them by men. So naturally, they talk about men when talking about these assumptions brought up. If you would like to open a discussion up about women bringing other women down to these types of assumptions, you are welcome to do so. But getting mad at someone for talking about a very common theme that happens between men and women doesn't help anything.
@Thi-Nguyen5 ай бұрын
I LOVE the fact that she came back and addressed that rude comment!
@leenaadams67427 ай бұрын
In morocco belly dancing isn’t really done in front of men that much, mostly in big groups of women IN PRIVATE, but men want everything centered on them lol
@Baby_ghost__b7 ай бұрын
Yes, I always saw women dancing with eachother. The only women that didn't were professionals 😊
@ProgenitorGod7 ай бұрын
Who said that the comment was made by a man?
@HeWhoShams7 ай бұрын
@@ProgenitorGod noone these delusional groups just want to hate men
@cyberspace72087 ай бұрын
It isn't done in front of men because doing so would be عيب. It's a sexual dance that girls teach one another. If done in front of men it's very inappropriate
@spiwolf69987 ай бұрын
That's unfair to say about all men.
@Oshuin94 ай бұрын
For some of us, these kinds of dances were about healing ourselves and showing grace and love upon our own bodies after all we have gone through as a woman. When people from outside the culture try to redefine everything, they are attempting identity theft. Don't let them. Thank you for not letting them. ❤❤❤❤
@batheshebabeautiful92675 ай бұрын
I'm Black and 64. I bellydanced for 14 years. And people always said, " I didn't know Black people bellydance."🤔 Love to bellydance as physical therapy ❤
@denisepark17105 ай бұрын
This resonates
@DaphneMarina884 ай бұрын
That is why we must TEACH ALL CULTURES in schools. Education is essential.
@Shaytan.6664 ай бұрын
Wait till these people hear about a male black belly dancer Rachid Alexander 👀
@CelestialShaman444 ай бұрын
@@Shaytan.666 he is FABULOUS 👌
@CelestialShaman444 ай бұрын
I can't with people 😂 We are ALL over this globe with vast cultures ❤
@lavenderhoney32085 ай бұрын
My family has stories about women in my ancestry traveling to distant countries and learning dances to ease cramping, keep their joints from stiffening, maintain the flexibility and fluidity to move quickly over a ship and in tight places, maintain land to sea legs and to use as a distraction. I have nothing but the utmost respect for those women who share something so incredible, empowering and useful.
@gabbym3335 ай бұрын
What country is your family from/where are those dances from? I'd love to learn more about that history.
@caitlinmcrae34474 ай бұрын
Me, too! This dance helps w agility and sense of pride in self. Tell me more about how these moves were used for jumping around...on ships?
@shelbyherrick35804 ай бұрын
This. Right. Here! It really does ease cramping and helps the body in many ways!
@nicholnunn80744 ай бұрын
I do moves like this to ease cramps & back pain and keep flexibility in my hips. Never considered that these dance practices may have been created for just that. Interesting. The movements simply feel nice on the body, like stretching.
@190315894 ай бұрын
Really hoping she gets back to us with where in the world her family is from. I’m itching to go down this internet rabbit hole.
@michaels.37094 ай бұрын
My brain cannot comprehend these movements or how they're done... This level of muscle control and positional awareness is just insane!
@LadyVineXIII7 ай бұрын
Tessa is also the girl who doesn't realize that the 'harem girl' look is a pure Hollywood invention and has nothing to do with what women in harems actually wore.
@tessiepinkman6 ай бұрын
As a woman named Tessa, I don't claim that other one. She's a bad vibe for us other Tessa's. Really bad.
@lazaraferrer90135 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊 well said ❤
@KitKat_2935 ай бұрын
learning that a harem was really nothing sexual just the same thing as like the royal court or "ladies in waiting" was mind blowing. there was no sexual implication. i truly never knew that. it's just the close family and friends of nobility and the ladies of court had their own community within that. much like how european court was often divided by gender and how unmarried men and women of nobility would only interact while chaperoned because that was seen as classy and honorable or whatever
@bagluva5 ай бұрын
They were also one of the most highly educated women in society at the time.
@firestar77745 ай бұрын
Devil hollyweird infiltrates once again🙄
@aaliyahdailey314 ай бұрын
100% the same thing for twerking in African cultures. I’m OBSESSED with your channel!!
@calliope66236 ай бұрын
I did not realize how beautiful belly dancing could be in a loose dress. You are amazing.
@bboicrazy86 ай бұрын
I like it a lot as well. It makes sense too that women were dancing together in loose clothing like this. It’s comfy and fun. I suppose the whole two piece thing is all about making people exotic and sexualizing it for the public.
@alkahinat45586 ай бұрын
Same! I’m transfixed lol
@MommaFig16 ай бұрын
Personally, I think loose clothing that flows looks so much better and so much more sensual and so much more self-loving in those skin tight clothes at so many people wear. Wear that skin tight stuff if you want but the subtle reflections of movement a layer of cloth drapes over leads to so much more
@steviedufresne62826 ай бұрын
Agreed! I draws the eye to the movement and not to the body…if that makes sense…
@s.s.m99366 ай бұрын
It perfectly made sense. You expressed it beautifully @@steviedufresne6282
@zeethakur11546 ай бұрын
"Not everything we do is for men and bearing children." ❤❤❤
@firestar77745 ай бұрын
So true and one doesn’t have to do much to bear children, everyone knows that much!
@TylerD2885 ай бұрын
MGTOW!
@elza18305 ай бұрын
@@TylerD288 You do that, bon voyage, and good luck with the children (rather, lucky for the children and the mothers)
@mysoulcalledlife5 ай бұрын
🔥
@creativechristiancontent5 ай бұрын
@@TylerD288are men still practicing this thing 😢😂
@louisasmiles5 ай бұрын
Ok but she's the best dancer I've seen. It's like the top half, bottom half and arms all have their own thing going on. This is a skilled dancer. Best dancer I've ever seen. She's jaw dropping.
@breefeez6 ай бұрын
"Because not everything we do is about men or bearing children. Some things are just for us." YES!! EXACTLY THIS!!! To decolonize is also to decenter men and patriarchy
@matthewwhiting26456 ай бұрын
?
@LucaAnamaria6 ай бұрын
......bearing children has nothing to do with patriarchy, lol. It's a friggin' miraculous gift from the divine. Not a curse.
@tanyanguyen37046 ай бұрын
@@LucaAnamariaassuming women dance only for men, or to have healthy pregnqncies is patriarchy.
@LucaAnamaria6 ай бұрын
@@tanyanguyen3704 I don't think anybody is making that assumption. Obviously women dance for lots of different reasons.
@Ash_Queen166 ай бұрын
Decolonize? What??
@bcgrote6 ай бұрын
So true. We old, post menopausal women love to show off our shimmies to each other! ❤
@kreeXshun5 ай бұрын
That part. Gatherings consisting of nothing but females, young and old, celebrating all stages of life through movement and music. The only men in attendance are the ones we call "girlfriend"!
@pistachoo.4 ай бұрын
I love this! 🎉
@angryface014 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@maleturtle40404 ай бұрын
That’s incredible! I love seeing people reclaim their cultures for their own joy🎉🎉🎉
@BriannaReed-zf9gw Жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this, this is beyond beautiful and thank you for sharing this with us. Your culture is such a beautiful thing, all cultures are and who are we to tell others what their beliefs are. You are beautiful inside and out keep dancing!❤
@brenda76225 ай бұрын
Namibian here, all those dance moves are part of our dance together for fun, cultures, traditional we love to dance and enjoy it.😊
@natalievandenberg22224 ай бұрын
❤
@Supah843 ай бұрын
A real dance gyal.
@Stargazer31315 ай бұрын
The isolation of the hip movements is outstanding 👏🏽 👌🏽 🥲
@skydadashzadeh6 ай бұрын
Apparently in my culture it was used to “promote vigor of life,” although now it is seen more as an expression of the ocean and shore as it originated from a costal region.
@nmg62486 ай бұрын
That’s beautiful ♥️
@alkahinat45586 ай бұрын
How beautiful is that I was thinking about incorporating some of these movements into my pool workouts The movements are so fluid and would feel great in the water I reckon. Which culture are you from, if you don’t mind sharing?
@TheBlaqb2st7 ай бұрын
What I love is "Tessa Mary" is Telling Nurjahan about her culture 🤣
@vangu29187 ай бұрын
Such people always do!😂
@Omnibushido-6 ай бұрын
@Lahesou6891You already know.
@deniciadarling56116 ай бұрын
Thaaaaat!!!
@hostile-busybody6 ай бұрын
It's ALWAYS some flour-flavored "Tessa", "Brittany", or "Karen" who seems to have the "most accurate" info about global cultural practices...
@yugenknows7406 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@stephanielester81694 ай бұрын
It's amazing how she's able to move to bottom half so precisely and the top half doesn't move at all - body isolation at its finest. Great job👏
@bryciebee96517 ай бұрын
The amount of fluidity and individual muscle control is so amazing. It is incredible to watch. I admire it so much. You have such wonderful talent, I’m glad it is also something joyful for you.
@lizcollinson26925 ай бұрын
I agree it's incredible.
@catherineomondi78507 ай бұрын
In Kenya it is danced by women in weddings. Also the case in Somalia.
@user-sr2nc9ge1d3 ай бұрын
I belly danced to prepare my body for pregnancy & childbirth. Dancing of all kinds has always given me such a connection & awareness of my body. Belly dancing was the absolute best way to strengthen all of the muscles needed for child birth. What a gift that I had discovered it at just the right time.💛
@raynemaxwell20005 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! I started belly dancing after having my first child, to help rebuild my core strength and self-esteem! Mental and physical well-being is a major motivation for me to do any dancing, and it's been that way since I was a child! I love that someone out there is expressing the importance of self-love through dance is a real thing! You're beautiful! Thanks for sharing your dance with us!
@julibear23295 ай бұрын
Just gonna drop this right here...I'm digging the loose dress! But also, from a fitness stand point, being able to move like this or even attempting is a work out all by itself. It shows incredible core strength and mobility altogether.
@pistachoo.4 ай бұрын
All of this right here!
@kayacea5 ай бұрын
The way my jaw DROPPED at the beginning. I had to watch again for the text because I was mesmerized by the dancing!
@VladmirPoopN4 ай бұрын
I'm loving that she's fully clothed, and yet it's so visibly obvious how skillful she is / random observation 🤷♀️
@Ambassador2theworld9 ай бұрын
Break it down! Internalized misogyny is so sad to hear coming out of women's mouth. Tessa, go get healed and let free women be free.
@spiceystonefemme7 ай бұрын
Yessssssss
@isaa85217 ай бұрын
Those women don’t deserve support tbh
@aubreymarie15757 ай бұрын
Also me thinks are friend Tessa here fears she cannot move like this and so…maybe a bit of jealousy? If she tried it.. she might feel differently.
@nunpho7 ай бұрын
@@supremacy2040 urgh, get lost with the transphobia. Learn more, genuinely.
@isabelsalamanca8937 ай бұрын
@@nunpho personally, I have nothing against trans women until they bimbify women and mock our very real struggles. Ofc, being a woman is so much more than our genitalia or reproductive organs, which is why I understand why there are trans people or people who feel more feminine than masculine. But to diminish, deny or ignore what biological women go through as anything less than a real struggle (or a miracle in some cases) in order to shift the focus is unacceptable, especially after all the hard work women have put in for generations just to get where we are now (and it still can’t be considered equal). Again I believe trans women are women, but their issues are completely different, especially since you can’t just erase biology.
@irynadeineko59077 ай бұрын
The contrast is so mesmerizing, when the fabric of the tunic is making flowy movements, while the band is more stationary and stiff and sharp.
@valbankz2925 ай бұрын
Love this❤ My mother was a dancer that practiced & entered competitions with Belly Dancing & Hula..... I remember thinking she was the most beautiful woman in the world 🌹 Also it's good you're educating people that have no true knowledge of this ancient art, be blessed ❤
@FlipTheBard5 ай бұрын
I like her dance moves and I'm digging what she's wearing. Seems very breathable, flowy and comfortable.
@schleppendschneller34575 ай бұрын
Ekdk
@hodso1ra6 ай бұрын
I have always wanted to learn how to belly dance. Absolutely insane how much independent control dancers have.
@tspencer6616 ай бұрын
Belly dancing is the hardest style of dance that I’ve taken. Absolutely everything moves independently. Chest, hips, head, feet. I learned that I am not that coordinated.😆
@HunterLvyiXIII6 ай бұрын
It's such a fun, beautiful, expressive style; though yes, quite challenging. I definitely recommend learning! It also helped me advance in other dance styles faster
@Kitsune19895 ай бұрын
@@tspencer661really? Not sarcasm btw just curious. I found it one of the easier styles to learn personally. But I'm also an equestrian so l'm used to moving things independently of other things. Unlike on a horse though, I don't have to fight my body's instinctual reactions, or deal with a mind seperate from my own. Balance isn't really an issue either. So it may just have been my other skills making it easier for me to learn. Personally I found ballet and the more advanced tango hard. Ballet because of the ridiculous amount of control and flexibility needed. The amount of trust you have to have in your partner for the more advanced movements of tango made it difficult for me personally. It's not a style of dance one can pull of doing halfway.
@tspencer6615 ай бұрын
@@Kitsune1989 I’ve never ridden a horse. Ballet was the first type of dance I learned. I’ve taken tap and hip hop as well. For me it was tricky to isolate every body part. My hips, feet, and chest were moving in all different directions. You want me to drop my hips, make my chest do chest circles, and move my feet walk forward and back? How is that even possible?😆 I did take some ballroom dance lessons. I was really bad at following. I have learned that I need a strong leader. I’ve never danced the tango. I can see that as being difficult.
@miniroundaboutinbrum79154 ай бұрын
I think it’s such an amazing skill. You can see the common cultural origins of modern types of moves like twerking, body popping etc. people who love to dance have been doing these moves for thousands of years.
@J.R.86 ай бұрын
I was a professional Middle Eastern Dancer for many years and studied with many master teachers internationally. Never was belly dance explained as a dance for fertility. One of my favorites was Ibrahim (Bobby) Farrah. He was spicy and funny! He explained it as a dance that was performed during special celebrations mainly catering to yes men, however, very long ago it was a sit down dance with a lot of chest “bouncing” in transparent tops, and eventually evolved to it’s more common stand-up version. The Egyptians call the style we are more accustomed to, as “Cabaret” style. I have performed 1000s of shows globally and it really is just about having fun and enjoying big celebrations. Top dancers were famous like singers. As for the performer in this short… she did a beautiful dance! Thank you for sharing!
@BookWormLA6 ай бұрын
Here’s my thing, even if it WAS a fertility thing. Who cares? Let the woman do her thing! You’re killing it queen! Beautiful dance!!!
@JuweiNam5 ай бұрын
It WAS a fertility thing approx. 6000 to 17000 years ago. Its ancient fun facts and this woman is being petty and mad because she had no idea. Like the fun fact of some ancients using piss to clean their teeth. Like lady. Used to be. It can be whatever the hell she wants it to be now but i have never seen someone erase an entire piece of history out of pettiness that another race knew its origins and she didnt. She should have looked it up instead of outright denying it.
@mewcrun67645 ай бұрын
Exactly! My friend learned belly dancing from her grandma, who had learned it as a way to strengthen the pelvic floor and make childbirth safer (not fertility, but associated). But grandma certainly wasn’t belly dancing for that reason anymore, and neither is my friend!
@cartergomez53905 ай бұрын
Yeah, nobody cares, it’s just a beautiful dance 🕺
@mewcrun67645 ай бұрын
@RevolutionaryVision-pc3gw I don’t think it’s wiping out a culture if the people involved are from that culture? I’m pretty sure that’s just normal cultural shift at that point
@mewcrun67645 ай бұрын
@RevolutionaryVision-pc3gw Sorry, saw you in notifs and thought you were responding to someone else
@alisameireis36284 ай бұрын
And get this: SHE IS FULLY CLOTHED!!! BOOM!!! Modesty and cultural specificity. Yesssss!!!!
@cronchy_bakingsoda Жыл бұрын
Your dancing is so beautiful! You have a wonderful message you are spreading for haters while also teaching others about your culture. You have a really amazing talent! I love how well you can flow with the music.
@Thathumanoverthere17016 ай бұрын
Me and my ladies, dancing together is a connection, and this wonderful connection and energy moves through us.
@Xubuntu475 ай бұрын
The independence of the different body regions...I can't even imagine how you devolop that. It's like a few different people sharing one body.
@debbiedeas5 ай бұрын
This is amazingly mesmerizing. I can’t even imagine how much work it takes to learn how to do this with the precision displayed here. Thank you for sharing your skill and artistry with us and for so kindly and swiftly gathering the foolishness of internalized patriarchy and colonialism. I learned a lot from your post and comments. I frickin LOVE liberated women. Were the ish!
@noodlenado78277 ай бұрын
Once friends told me that other people have tried to correct them on where THEY were from (ethnically) nothing surprises me anymore 😭 For example, trying to say “Oh I’m Korean” and them going “-_- … no you’re not” lmao
@Cyhcg5uhgb7 ай бұрын
Yeah, I have experienced the same
@BrendaShams7 ай бұрын
The level of some people's ignorance 🙄
@GirlInATesttube7 ай бұрын
Sameeee. It's like you're either American or British nowadays. What, never seen someone from Korea before?
@eehlohluell7 ай бұрын
That's because too many people claim to be things they aren't. Should they be assuming you are lying? No, that's where the buck ends. But do I understand their logic? Yes, though again, if you don't know them, why would you act like you know more than them, or say things to express you think they are lying for some complex reason. Skepticism is good, until you treat everyone as liars.
@noodlenado78277 ай бұрын
@@eehlohluell Yeah, I'll just say that's not always the logic behind those people's actions, but something to consider (at least online, but these are person-to-person interactions).
@neichkaina19344 ай бұрын
I love the way you walked her right back to her lane, and kept moving. 😊
@deniseengle42694 ай бұрын
I wish I could like this 1,000 times!
@sandyberger-r9j5 ай бұрын
The fact that I involuntarily start to move my European belly and hips to the music proves her point. Dance and music unite people.
@micom30517 ай бұрын
You look like you’re floating when you dance. It’s beautiful
@Bella-io4bv3 ай бұрын
She snapped, I love love this! I’m coping! LVBS! Laughing but very serious! ❤
@lizbeskalis67356 ай бұрын
Let's appreciate the beautiful dance and the color of the galabeya she is wearing is so beautiful 💙🩵💙🩵💙
@MandaRenegade7 ай бұрын
Your isolation is IMMACULATE 😍 such a beautiful dance.
@juliamelone81094 ай бұрын
That is just the most beautiful movement and control over your body, really gives meaning to the term dance as an art! Absolutely mesmerizing! 👏🏻
@naymeequillo5 ай бұрын
It's so beautiful and powerful and elegant! Every time I see someone move like that it almost makes me cry.
@JenTalks2477 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful breath of fresh air!! such graceful truth 👸🏻✨🌟⚡️☀️🔥💫 not everything is about men and bearing children indeed❤
@JaneAustenAteMyCat5 ай бұрын
I was taught by my belly dance teacher that it comes from a tradition of women being with other women and entertaining and bonding with one another, which is definitely what group belly dance feels like. I wish there was a class near me
@TheSizo1234567894 ай бұрын
I remember my mum and aunts used to danse together at my grandma’s place sitting and singing and chatting and eating seeds. It can definitely be a « seduction » dance but it’s definitely much more than that in the middle-east
@donovanfaust32274 ай бұрын
Yeah when my mom who is Cuban took belly dance that was what I understood it for. I remember going to a few of her recitals she had and there were groups of all ages and skill level on stage at different points. I was really happy to see the empowerment it gave my mom and how much fun she had at the classes with the other women, while also giving her an exercise she could do in her older age.
@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom4 ай бұрын
_”I was taught by my belly dance teacher…”_ 🙄🤦🏽♀️
@shantellakaladypersephone86714 ай бұрын
I took up belly dancing as a Junior in HS (2000) and danced a special dance at my wedding reception to my husband to signify my fidelity and trust in him as my heart keeper. He was astonished! A black woman who can belly dance, and VERY well, whowouldathunkit😂 Its a dance steeped in tradition. I was intrigued by the story or the MataHarazdhas and the famous Lebanese dancers in my AP World History course. Been married 4 years now and my husband asks me to dance to him on our Anniversary ❤ I love him so much🥰
@JaneAustenAteMyCat4 ай бұрын
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom what?
@jam9016 ай бұрын
First of all, that's amazing!! I've always admired these types of dances because it looks so fun and the dancers are incredibly talented!! ((There is no sexualisation or weird intent behind my admiration, before anyone says any weird shit)) And second of all I hate it when people are like "oh did you know that and that is about fertility? Doesn't that make it weird??" Like nah Hungarian here, we have flower symbols that represent female body parts not because everyone's a fucking pervert, but because it's a celebration of fertility and the miracle of someone giving life to another human
@melissabritt93055 ай бұрын
Yas Queen!! American "bellydance" teacher here and I always speak to the cultural aspects to inform. Beautiful dancing 🙏
@shadowkissed23705 ай бұрын
I was in a belly dance class as a teenager, and our instructor signed us up for a parade without realizing what it involved. We had to dance while walking 10-15 mph in over 100-degree weather, all while wearing full-body suits because it was deemed "inappropriate for teenagers to show skin." The officiants in the parade criticized us for "wiggling around trying to get male attention" and insisted on covering us up. Meanwhile, the instructor's teenage daughter got to wear essentially a bedazzled bikini while lounging on the float and being fed grapes by four teenage boys, all while we were running to keep up!
@orafranc5 ай бұрын
@@shadowkissed2370 wow, that's messed up 😳
@emilybain76565 ай бұрын
Be deaf to the negative. Keep dancing and teaching those of us who knew how to in a past life. We so appreciate you! 😊
@lindsayhobbs65367 ай бұрын
When people assume things about another's culture, they end up making a fool of themselves. We should ask respectful questions, such as "What does that dance represent in YOUR culture?" The only way we come together as one world with many cultures is to respect differences and LEARN about cultures other than our own.
@Kleynkram6 ай бұрын
Absolutely! But this requires the ability to listen and the will to learn something new. Not many people are this open-mindet. Sad - for them! 😉
@JuweiNam5 ай бұрын
Except both are incorrect in half of the aspects. These "types" of dances did used to be in fact ritual fertility dances performed in front of women across many cultures im respect to different goddesses of their time period per ancient rock carvings. So that is not wrong..but it was 6000 to 17000 years ago. Like ancient long time ago. Theres a lot of practices we do today that originated in something completely and itterly different. Xmas for example had nothing to do with jesus or christianity. It used to be a yule holiday/winter solstice festival performed by germanic celebratimg germanic gods. Same with easter being based on a nordic goddess and the reasons to celebrate were incredibly different to its modern descendant practices. So this woman posting this video would also be incorrect to say otherwise. Shes outright denying ancient history just because someone not her skin tone is spouting off a fun fact moment. Thats an extra level of petty to be incorrect and ignore its ancient origins. You can admit both. Its not hard. Watch "Yes. In Ancient cultures it originated as ritual fertility dancing performed for female audiences, evolving to a subculture of women having fun and in some cases perversion of males spread the more explicit forms of the dance to be more erotic under certain events." Wow Simple Easy
@genericname27475 ай бұрын
@@JuweiNam So you know how to perform the dance, then?
@ahuman_xo5 ай бұрын
@@JuweiNam Omg shut up smh.
@TheSpygirl75 ай бұрын
@@JuweiNamSo she literally told you that the other person's comment was incorrect about HER CULTURE and you just doubled down on googlesplaining that you think you know more about her own culture than she does, lol
@applejuice76487 ай бұрын
“Hush colonizer” but with respect and class 😂
@blazer95476 ай бұрын
Colonization is not just applicable to white people btw. All major cultures are colonizers.
@godlovesusall81155 ай бұрын
I love seeing older women still being able to move, and their husbands and sons accompanying them as well. Colonizer mindset has stigmatized men's participation in our dances, so I love to see them participating as well and teaching how it can be done beautifully, with no fetishization.
@JessIsAVegan7 ай бұрын
This type of dancing is amazing. It highlights femininity so gracefully. 😊
@naomidavis18797 ай бұрын
Fertility dance seems like an excuse men used for why they attacked women who danced like this
@sipi20097 ай бұрын
That's what I thought as well, and like I feel like, that wouldn't even be a necessarily bad thing, as long as you don't make the women dancing uncomfortable or anything.
@sipi20097 ай бұрын
Says a lot about how they viewed their desires.
@franciscojeronimo58817 ай бұрын
@@sipi2009 Attack? Maybe, not me. Becoming quite pushy and having a problem recognizing she isn't to blame for what she's making me feel? Probably.
@maryonacross-xi6si7 ай бұрын
Yup..for them everything has to be connected to motherhood for women to experience joy. Otherwise anything they do for themselves needs to be called selfish or something horrible.
@fatehopkins79697 ай бұрын
Did you women just create a fake scenario to get mad about? Look around you. Do you see any modesty at all? You are the ones that consume popular culture, not men. And it’s way beyond belly dancing now. And women are the first to shame other women for stuff like that anyway. It’s never men. You all are the absolute worst. Completely lost
@crc57957 ай бұрын
My badass sister-from-another-mister! You check them with your words and you check them with your hips! I’m here for it!
@commonsense5714 ай бұрын
👏👏👏🙌!!!! THANK YOU MY SISTER!! In my youth I was a dancer but now am old and disabled. BUT!! The joy of your dance brought that same joy into my heart and thank you Here, 🙏 🦮 we will dance in our hearts because our spirits are nourished by your beautiful expression. Thank you!!! , may you and yours always be dancing 💜 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
@cabezitadealgodon6 ай бұрын
Sister i LOVE you for keeping it real. I have been doing sooo much more of OUR dancing since finding your channel. Thank you for encouraging us to reclaim what was stolen & co-opted from our ancestors. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
@patmaurer85417 ай бұрын
I'm fascinated by this type of dance! And, as a modest woman, I appreciate your outfit, too 😊
@deeclark98802 ай бұрын
It never ceases to amaze me how people think they can school others about their own cultural heritage when don’t know their own. Talk about arrogance and narcissism. I’ve loved this type of dancing since I first saw it on TV in Dominican Republic and my love for it hasn’t wavered. The way you move your body it’s like mimicking a flame which always represents life. So beautiful. Love it. ❤❤❤❤❤
@syh83685 ай бұрын
I love how she’s not wearing those ridiculous outfits. The moves are focused on, not the body parts!
@vixxcelacea27785 ай бұрын
The outfits show the moves in many cases, especially belly rolls. You could wear and outfit that only shows the stomach and no cleavage too, like a long sleeve midriff top and skirt or even pants with a belt to accentuate the movements. I think people let their hatred of the patriarchy also become hatred of sex appeal. There is nothing wrong with sex appeal and there'd be nothing wrong with it being a fertility dance either. What's wrong is if the person isn't treated as a person with right to autonomy and whatever personal style they want. For people to not feel forced one way or another. Every person is free to make their own choices on that.
@canesugar9114 ай бұрын
@@vixxcelacea2778 it's not a fertility dance and it is not for sex appeal. Stop trying to make shit up. Not everything is about you.
@KxNOxUTA5 ай бұрын
Amazing dance and equally amazing messaging! You go n slay, sister!
@carolynquigley22874 ай бұрын
She's a good dancer, and I looove this music!
@ritamaneata68567 ай бұрын
I could watch you dance for hours. Thank you for sharing. Your joy is evident.
@nataliemulby78086 ай бұрын
Whoooaa😮....it's the like music was emanating from her body...she really played the violin with those hips!
@lotusphoenix84 ай бұрын
Some things are just for US! I felt that deep in my soul! ❤
@Makeda-kc3ny7 ай бұрын
Traditional dace is a dance made of purpose. They can be dance use for worship of a deity, celebrate and for fun. So even if I read something on internet about traditional dance I don't believe everything or I find people who are from that culture and learn more
@dyawr7 ай бұрын
This is a dance way older than the modern *cultures* (plural) it spans. So it can be the people you find are simply ignorant. Like this creator can very well be. 🙂 And she has a racist political ideology
@nunpho7 ай бұрын
@@dyawrbeing anti genocide isn't racist.
@Baby_ghost__b7 ай бұрын
@@dyawr it's just that some cultures don't do it like theirs neighbours.
@Feytouched.Locket7 ай бұрын
@@dyawr the only racist here is you, assuming you know more about cultures than the people from then. Get your mentalities checked, because they’re based in colonization. History is told from the perspective of the winning side. I trust the descendants of those of the culture than the books written by people far removed from it.
@squirrel6707 ай бұрын
@@dyawr the racist political ideology that it's important for them to state what their culture means to them and that they can just be and not get labeled? To dance for fun and confidence without having to be perfect? That one? Or are you saying it's right for people to explain her cultural dance to her that it's for fertility and nothing else as if she is lying to us?
@kriskris42145 ай бұрын
LOVE THE MESSAGE! "Not everything we do is for men and bearing children. Some things are just for us." ❤️🔥🔥🔥
@charless.sadler31114 ай бұрын
Damn...that's one of my favorites. I love this version.
@soulfoodsmama29807 ай бұрын
Sis you keep SLAYING with these remixes!!! It took me forever to find the BasbousaXNina Sky remix and now you’ve got me looking for the Fat Joe belly dance song. 💃🏽✨
@hurphenelondwil24197 ай бұрын
And that's FACTS! Thank you for your delicate care and education.
@helenaragsdale20834 ай бұрын
I like the dance battles. "You don't want none of this" *gestures wildly*. "You right, sick moves!" "Cookout?" "Bet." I'm sorry we still have so much ignorance to work thru. I'm learning more about my mixed heritage, everyday. Some hidden. Let your light shine and keep dancing for you!! Thank you for sharing. ❤
@arielgalles21076 ай бұрын
Wow, it's almost like the point of dancing is having fun and being part of a community.
@xilj40027 ай бұрын
When a paper about a cultural practice or an item says it's for fertility, that's code for either sex or women having fun without men (sometimes both)
@nmg62486 ай бұрын
When a paper about a cultural practice is written by someone outside of that culture their “codes” are 99.99999% of the times completely misinterpreted and wrong
@andrewhooper76036 ай бұрын
@@nmg6248 so you think it's impossible to understand different people. why even communicate?
@resourcedragon6 ай бұрын
@@andrewhooper7603: When you throw in colonialism and a few other biases when the writer is not from the culture, then, yes, the result is often poor communication and misunderstandings. The answer to the question "why even communicate?" is that we need to keep on trying to understand each other better.
@sierrashepherd41644 ай бұрын
Last line 👏🏻🔥👏🏻
@NohaKitsune7 ай бұрын
Also, love this remix/instrumental
@MsSarcasticSmirk6 ай бұрын
What song is it?? It's so familiar but can't place it
@pandakaizen6 ай бұрын
I'd love to get the name of this song too. Shazam finds multiple people rapping over it, but not the instrumental/beats track.
@ManjuKBoo6 ай бұрын
Lean back - instrumental via Spotify
@Vainqial5 ай бұрын
@@ManjuKBooyeah, but who is the Violin work sampled from?
@marshmellowserra5 ай бұрын
Sounds like Josh Vietti, maybe?
@hippybecca7 ай бұрын
I hate how every thing is a "fertility ritual" when they don't know any better.
@Feytouched.Locket7 ай бұрын
This. Absolutely this. White men came, saw women doing shit, assumed it was for making babies, because apparently that’s all we can ever want to do. Ugh
@bakageyama2226 ай бұрын
Frrr
@Anonymous-uw4sr6 ай бұрын
fertility is about female bodies.
@siddhisharma72186 ай бұрын
@@Anonymous-uw4sr You know men can be infertile (key word being inFERTILE)? So yeah not really gender specific.
@teodorasavoiu46646 ай бұрын
@@Anonymous-uw4srno
@magiv42054 ай бұрын
I love the look of belly dancing. Each tiny movement is so controlled, and still it feels so effortless and graceful. Wow.
@sunshinesideofdarkside7 ай бұрын
Men need to stop talking about anything they don't participate in 😊 period. Love your dances!
@navi_66217 ай бұрын
It was a woman who made the comment tho
@shoberus46466 ай бұрын
Apparently we fightin ghosts now
@blazer95476 ай бұрын
Why are there women only spaces. Not very feminist of you.
@dailydoseofchaos3947 ай бұрын
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that belly Dancing was made for women, by women
@dyawr7 ай бұрын
It's not clear when & where belly dancing originated, by whom, or what for. Bc it is very old. These are just speculations. It was used as entertainment for men at some point.
@blankblank52317 ай бұрын
@@dyawrdamn. white people couldnt find a written record i guess that shit is forgettable and mythical :^\ idek how we know the past exists if its been proven (through modern technology) that memory is obsolete . Maybe its all a lie ? All we know for certain is that white people are correct and objective right now
@هاجرخليل-ط5ت7 ай бұрын
That's right 😁 this is how we dance amongst each other during any sort of celebration and even normal gatherings if we felt like it
@Feytouched.Locket7 ай бұрын
@@dyawr it was used to entertain men post colonization of certain areas, and during certain religious shifts in some areas that turned more misogynistic, as the men found it sexy and hired dancers to perform it, but that’s not why it was created. Why something was created and how it was used often doesn’t align.
@Anonymous-uw4sr6 ай бұрын
So it's a fertility dance.
@jessierides2844 ай бұрын
Music is jammin!!!❤❤❤
@Tiger_Lightning_Music7 ай бұрын
Gotta love when the most misinformed people from some thing they read off the internet correct the people with actual lived experience.
@theearthisnotflat4398 Жыл бұрын
What is the song! I need it!
@ArtByFameli7 ай бұрын
Instrumental version of the song “lean back” by Fat Joe
@Nagwase2 ай бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever used this expression but truly “no crumbs left”. Woman, you ate.
@kunskapskul7 ай бұрын
You're literally the light of the world 🥁🎶🧿🍀🍉 thank you for so beautifully and creatively informing about truth 🍀🧿🎶🍉
@bakageyama2226 ай бұрын
I love how people just like to make everything a woman does about “fertility”, let us breathe bro wtf. Can we women in groups just enjoy without people just making our worth about being incubators? You are fire btw ✨✨
@Anonymous-uw4sr6 ай бұрын
Fertility is being healthy and happy.
@teodorasavoiu46646 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's so annoying. Apparently the culture police needs to make sure we don't get any ideas about being good for anything other than producing offspring FOR men, church and country. Even the trolls in this comment section are fucking disgusting.