Raqs in the Middle Ages and Rennisance

I got, due to not only my last post but also some outside emails, a lot of notes about "belly dance" being or not being period. The short form, so that everyone's on the same page, is "Yes! -- and it was called 'raqs'."

I wrote an Overview, with Annotated Bibliography, on the subject that's posted here:

The SCA period dancer in the Middle East: An Overview
The SCA period dancer in the Middle East: A Bibliography

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