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Why do some belly dancers balance sword on their heads? Is that some kind of war-time ritual?

April 26, 2017Balance belly dancers Heads ritual sword

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Why do some belly dancers balance sword on their heads? Is that some kind of war-time ritual?

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We know very little about whether or how sword dances were performed traditionally in the Middle East. The sword dance styles used in belly dance today are fantasy inventions, drawing inspiration from Orientalist paintings, as well as modern sword dance technique from other regions.