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Belly dance or Bellydance is a dance. It is Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern dance, specifically Egyptian ghawazi dance in the 19th century, and raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي‎) in the 20th century. The term is sometimes extended to include all traditional Middle Eastern dances.

The term "belly dance" is a translation of the French danse du ventre which was applied to oriental dance in the Victorian era. The term is somewhat misleading, as every part of the body is involved; the most featured body part usually is the hips. Belly dance takes different forms in different regions, both in costume and dance style, and new styles have evolved in the West as its popularity has spread globally.

Styles usually called "belly dance" include:

§ Egyptian raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي‎; literally "oriental dance"), a style introduced in Egyptian night clubs and cabarets in the early 20th century, today considered the classical form of belly dance.

§ Egyptian folkdance or Raqs baladi (Arabic: رقص بلدي‎, the folkloric style, danced socially by men and women of all ages in some Middle Eastern countries, usually at festive occasions such as weddings.

§ Turkish çiftetelli

§ The modern American Tribal Style Belly Dance (since the 1980s)

§ The derived and eclectic Tribal Fusion (since the 1990s)

Other traditions either included under the term, or often cross-trained by belly dancers include Romani dance, Persian dance and the dances ofCentral Asia.