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Originally Posted by RStar
BTW, how do you make that "C"? I've been wondering that....
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The easiest thing to remember is copy and paste - it is your friend. I can tell you on a Mac it is option-shift-2. On a PC, press and hold ALT while you type in the numbers 0128.
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Originally Posted by 3894
This activity comes from Middle Eastern/Eastern Mediterranean cultures (esp. Turkey and Syria) and not from Greece. It's culturally inauthentic for a Greek restaurant to hire a belly dancer to go around from one table to another.
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This is not true. While we Americans might more readily associate belly dancing with Persian countries, it is not exclusive to them. Belly dancing in Greece has been around for a long time. In Greece, the dance is known as "Tsifteteli" or "Cifte Telli." It also has historic origins that extend into France as well. If you like, there is some information at
this link and
this link.
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Originally Posted by tracilicious
This was nothing like a striptease. I've been to strip clubs, and this wasn't it. It was belly dancing.
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I have no problem with strip joints as long as the women are voluntarily stripping and the men are voluntarily watching (and the audience is of age of course). Who's to say that the women aren't empowered by this?
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Very true T - the two are not the same. Susan (my wife) took belly dancing lessons a while back. In discussing the history, one of the points they covered was that the belly dance was a demonstration of the woman's power - SHE is the one in control. Further, the history of the dance is partly based on religious beliefs of appeasing the Gods towards issues of fertility: not only of women but also of the earth itself.
And in a strip club, it is the woman who is in control. The main "exploitation" that is happening is done by the women exploiting the men and their money!
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Originally Posted by tracilicious
What is the dirty way?
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That's the fun way
