belly dancing
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- noun
- /ˈbɛli ˈdænsɪŋ/
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danza del vientre
- If a person does "belly dancing" and animates a harem scene about my country, or they wear some turbans just because most people in my country are Muslims, I take them as racist acts.
Examples
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If I were going to a party as a sexy Middle Eastern person, I'd just get a belly dancing outfit, but seriously, I wonder who thought that was a good idea.
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Belly dancing! Bedouins!
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Just tourist stuff, but junior was happy with a cute belly dancing outfit that made her day.
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Don't miss the Christmas belly dancing demonstration at 2 PM!
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And why are belly-dancing coins dangling from it?
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My belly-dancing class.
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Belly dancing
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The President has been working on his art for the festival: a balloon-animal sculpture and a seashell collage that he intends to display while belly dancing.
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The festival featured an amazing belly dancing performance that captivated the audience.
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During the cultural evening, she showcased her skills in belly dancing to traditional music.
Synonyms
A Middle Eastern dance with smooth hip and stomach movements
A Middle Eastern dance with hip and stomach movements
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'belly dancing' (a dance involving movements of the abdomen/hips) is directly inferable from combining 'belly' (abdomen) with 'dance' (to move rhythmically), so the concept is compositional. This noun + -ing pattern and the idea of dancing with the belly is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Belly dancing may come from old Middle Eastern celebrations where women moved the belly and hips in soft, rolling motions to celebrate birth and life. That's why the name now means a dance that uses the stomach and hips for smooth, controlled movements.