| When one conjures up the images of belly | | | | men that to try to try to be like women and |
| dancing it is most commonly female Indian | | | | the dances that they perform are very often |
| belly dancers that saturate the visions in | | | | extremely feminine and beautiful. In fact, |
| the mind however there is little known about | | | | the Indian belly dancing men do such a |
| Indian belly dancing men or the fact that | | | | fantastic job of setting out to impersonate |
| they even exist. | | | | women that most often the audience has no |
| | | | idea that it actually is a male dancer. |
| Oriental dancing men do exist in fact and | | | | |
| there are still many of modern day male | | | | This is the exact goal of the Indian belly |
| dancers that exist in all areas of the globe | | | | dancing men is to not be noticed as a male |
| from the Americas to Turkey and Egypt. The | | | | while they perform the most amazing dances |
| practice of men exotic dancing has been going | | | | with the demonstrations of physical |
| on for hundred of thousands of years and has | | | | dexterity, suppleness and abdominal strength. |
| even been traced back to the very beginnings | | | | |
| of exotic/belly dancing. | | | | The original reason the Indian belly dancing |
| | | | men first began is due to the fact that the |
| Naturally the mind flows to cross dressing | | | | origins of oriental dancing began in the |
| males that try to masquerade themselves as | | | | Middle East where society do not view women |
| women however that is not typically the case | | | | as equal to men and most often are separated |
| and certainly it wasn't the case when exotic | | | | from the men. |
| dancing was just being introduced to the | | | | |
| world. | | | | In fact women were not even allowed to belly |
| | | | dance in the presence of men and as a result |
| It is not uncommon to see men from India | | | | the Oriental style dancing men would |
| Belly Dancing or to read of men from the | | | | impersonate the women oriental dancing in |
| ancient years that had amazing stage props to | | | | order to still have a performance to provide |
| assist their dances. Many times they held | | | | the royal men. There are still many Indian |
| such things as swords and wore capes and it | | | | belly dancing men today that perform and in |
| was all part of the entertainment personality | | | | fact there are several all over the world |
| that the male Indian belly dancers would | | | | however they are for the most part, no longer |
| demonstrate. | | | | dancing to replace women dancers in the |
| | | | presence of men. |
| Of course, there are also the cross dressing | | | | |