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Scenes From Turkey: Oriental Dance, Part 2 - Page 2

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The second dancer at Kervansaray, pictured above, had a beautiful, sparkly costume. Note the way her arms are crossed as she goes into her backbend. This was an arm movement that we saw a number of Oriental dancers use for backbends throughout our visit to Turkey. Click here to get a closer look at it from several angles.

I was very disappointed by the third dancer's performance at Kervansaray. Since she appeared as the final dancer in the line-up, I expected her to be the headliner, but her posture was atrocious and her personality came across as sullen. Still, her costume was beautiful and rather daring. Note the cutouts across the bottom of her belt. Click here for a closer look at these bold skin-baring cutouts.

For More Scenes From Turkey

Would you like to see more scenes from Turkey? If so, don't miss these other pages that are also part of the Scenes From Turkey series of articles here on Suite101:

• Scenes From Turkey: Oriental Dance, Part 1. The first set of pictures depicting Oryantal Tansi dancers (belly dancers) as seen in Turkey in July, 2000.
• Scenes From Turkey: Oriental Dance, Part 3. The third set of pictures depicting Oryantal Tansi dancers (belly dancers) as seen in Turkey in July, 2000.
• Scenes From Turkey: The Real Turkish Belly Dance. Pictures depicting the Turkish folk dance Gobek Tansi as seen in Turkey in July, 2000.
• Scenes From Turkey: Whirling Dervishes. Pictures depicting whirling dervishes performing a semâ (whirling ceremony) as seen in Turkey in July, 2000.

Do you have an interest in Turkish belly dance costumes? If so, you may enjoy Making Costumes: Turkish Edging, an article that describes how to make a bead-and-sequin edging that was used on two costumes I purchased in Turkey at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. It includes photo galleries of both costumes with a description of their components.

 

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