Why belly dance costumes are sexy as hell

Everyone thinks belly dance costumes are sexy, but have you ever wondered? To know the belly dance home of Egypt is a conservative country that believes in Islam, how can produce such a sexy costume? In the Oriental style paintings, there are some realistic works, vividly recorded the Egyptian dance that is the real appearance of its clothing, "performing Gwazi dance Egyptian girls" is one of the masterpieces. Relative to the modern belly dance costumes gorgeous and sexy, the painting of Egyptian dance costumes have a kind of real, simple, born in the natural beauty of the painting people also have a kind of "water out of the hibiscus, naturally unadorned" attitude. From the 19th century onwards, with the European colonizers to the Middle East in the footsteps of the world, Western artists have begun to explore the Orient, they will be the Ottoman Empire's harem of imagination into a piece of art with sensory stimulation, from now on to make the Middle East and the "sexy", "mysterious", "seduction". ", "mysterious", "temptation" and other very provocative words linked together, which formed the psychological basis for the later belly dance costumes on the sexy route. And let the belly dance costumes really "sexy" up, is a Hollywood movie. From the twenties of the 20th century, Hollywood films began to focus on the lens of the Middle East belly dance, the belly dancer in the film are beautiful and charming, their costumes gorgeous and sexy, Hollywood was inspired by the European light opera designed by the - sequins decorated with colorful beads of the corset and waist ornaments, flowing open forked skirts, colorful and soft sarongs, delicate and charming makeup ... ...The belly dancers in the movie were dressed in gorgeous, bejeweled and glittering with a strange light, and their sexy, beautiful and glamorous screen image was unforgettable, forming the classic image of belly dance. The twentieth century, from the second and thirties, more and more Western tourists came to Egypt to travel, in addition to viewing the pyramids, sphinx, more want to see the belly dancer's face. But at that time, Egypt does not have a specific belly dance costumes, in fact, is in the performance of the occasion, the dancer is also wearing a wide and large, can cover the body line of the folk-style coat or robe, the only decoration is a square scarf or belt, around the hips in order to emphasize the waist and hips action. But obviously, such a conservative image and Hollywood movies in the beautiful and charming belly dancer image is far away, is far from meeting the Western tourists on the aesthetic expectations of belly dance. In order to meet the psychological expectations of Western tourists, recruiting customers, Egyptian nightclubs began to let belly dancers wear the same belly dance costumes as in the movie. And the first pioneer is a nightclub owner named Badia Masanbi, she herself is a dancer, 1926, she opened the first Egyptian nightclub, it is her nightclub, in the 30's was the first to introduce the Hollywood movie belly dance costumes. Since then, Egyptian dancers have embraced this specialized belly dance costume.