Scenes From Turkey: The Real Turkish "Belly" Dance

At the end of the show, as the two dancers prepared to make their exits, they removed their "headdresses" to reveal who had just entertained us so enjoyably. They then peeled off the tight-fitting flesh-colored shirts which had had the characters' faces painted on them, giving us a fabulous view of their muscular bare chests before they disappeared behind the curtain.

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 2. The second 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: Whirling Dervishes. Pictures depicting whirling dervishes performing a semâ (whirling ceremony) as seen in Turkey in July, 2000.

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