Disney belly Dancers. There’s only ONE dance for Punzie: The Khaleegy.
Khaliji or Khaleegy is a traditional folkloric dance from the Persian Gulf, Arabic peninsula and the countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Why Khaleegy? Because hair is the main element used to dance. Women let their long hair “dance” moving it from side to side, back and forth, in circle and making other figures.
The Saudi women are proud about their long hairs and is one of the most special moments in the dance to tossing the hair side-to-side to the point that the dancer’s hair creates figure eights. These movements can be a representation of the sea waves as believes an antroplogist Melinda Smith married into a Kuwait family.The water and hair are connect as a symbol of fertility from Ancient times in the Persian Gulf.
The traditional costume is a long dress called thobe nashaal which is possible to play with the fabric to cover the face, pickpocking the borders, cover the head ect…
So: hair movement, special footwork, pickpocket of the thobe and unique gestures with hands and wrist. A joyful, funny and rhythmically dance. So perfect for Punzie <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJdx2bVEMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU9OSUv0n8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1IYmZKcYMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmbOH9nL66o
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