The Rakkasah Festival

Today I attended a festival that

celebrated the art of Belly Dancing.

I love the beauty of it all.

From the costumes to the music

to the dancing and especially

the women who participated.

What a sisterhood!

There were solo artists and group acts.

Many of the performances were

the traditional cabaret style that

I was familiar with but there were

also some very interesting tribal dances.

I think the term belly dancing may

be misleading, I thought the hips

were the main body part that moved.

And the shopportunity was fun too.