Belly dance -raqs sharqi

Belly dance (Arabic: رقص شرقي‎) is a Western term for a traditional ARAB DANCE genre known as raqs sharqi (رقص شرقي; literally "oriental dance") or sometimes raqs baladi (رقص بلدي; literally "dance of country", and so "folk " dance). It is also sometimes called "Middle Eastern Dance" or the "Arabic Dance" in the United States, "danse du ventre "or by the Turkish term Çiftetelli (τσιφτετέλι).
Native to the Middle East, and now popular worldwide, belly dance takes many different regional forms, both in costume and dance style, indicating that distinctive dance moves may have been transported to these regions and incorporated with local dance styles.