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