Belly Dancing has been a worldwide craze that millions of women eagerly pursued. Just about most of fitness clubs offered belly dancing classes that were customized to meet the fitness regimen of active women. Similarly, local dance clubs launched their belly dancing class which attracted all tyeps of women. Because of this phenomenon, belly dancing costumes were always out of stock from stores plus instructors ran from one booking to another just to teach women groups. This has been the forefront of bellydancing for women but behind the limelight,, male belly dancing has slowly evolved through the centuries. In the past, male belly dancing has already been practiced as early as the time of the Ottoman Empire. Some historic documents report that male belly dancers was around during the Ottoman empire to perform for public gatherings since the Muslim culture forbade women to dance such occassions.
The male belly dancers were known as rakkas while female dancers were termed as rakkase. The culture especially at that time was very prohibitive to women as they could not even expose parts of theri body in public, so a woman belly dancer is out of the question. If ever there was one, she would only be viewed by female members of a harem under the close watch of palace guards. So male belly dancers were the only source of entertainment during that time. Thus, male belly dancing is an old art of dancing that modern society has been adopting recently.
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Most people today are not yet aware of male belly dancing. In fact, some online sites feature male belly dancers who can perform for an audience. They too have undergone rigorous dance training which includes mastery of basic belly dancing moves. At first, some people may not take seriously male belly dancers who must eb respected since they worked as hard as professional women belly dancers. Up to now, male belly dancers can be seen dancing in Turkish bars or restaurants , obviously teh place where it all began. But for those in need of a live performance for entertaining guests or having a party, there are some websites of male belly dancers for hire. Bookings for private performance can also be made in advance since there are many people curious and fascinated to watch male belly dancers . For inquiries about these unique breed of performers, contact us.
