Mrs. Edge
Bono's Belly Dancing Friend
Well gals, I need your sound fashion advice again. I am still putting bits and pieces of my costume together, and was planning on putting on a belly button jewel, similar to what Morleigh has in the ZooTV Sydney vid.
BUT, I did some research on the internet and it turns out that NO respectable belly dancer would stoop so low as to wear a jewel in her navel, this is just something cooked up by Hollywood over the years. (Morleigh! How could you??)
In fact it's a real bone of contention to belly dancers. Here is an excerpt from something I read on the internet (a woman answering a beginner's question about whether or not to wear a jewel):
So the question is, do I wear a jewel because this is after all a ZooTV tribute, or do I try to have SOME respect for the artform and have a NAKED belly? My coin bra does have a chain that hangs down with an adornment just above my belly button, so in a way I don't need it. Maybe I should just apply gold sparkly body paint in strategic places?
Thoughts?
BUT, I did some research on the internet and it turns out that NO respectable belly dancer would stoop so low as to wear a jewel in her navel, this is just something cooked up by Hollywood over the years. (Morleigh! How could you??)
In fact it's a real bone of contention to belly dancers. Here is an excerpt from something I read on the internet (a woman answering a beginner's question about whether or not to wear a jewel):
So the question is, do I wear a jewel because this is after all a ZooTV tribute, or do I try to have SOME respect for the artform and have a NAKED belly? My coin bra does have a chain that hangs down with an adornment just above my belly button, so in a way I don't need it. Maybe I should just apply gold sparkly body paint in strategic places?
Thoughts?
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