The famous Latin exotic dancer "Tongolele"...One of my childhood inspirations to learn how to "shake a tailfeather"....
Just one more of a vast array of 'archetypal' images that have influenced modern bellydancing. Mona El Said tried to emulate this style and was famous for her Afro-Latino style shows in Egypt.
youtube.com/watch
Just one more of a vast array of 'archetypal' images that have influenced modern bellydancing. Mona El Said tried to emulate this style and was famous for her Afro-Latino style shows in Egypt.
youtube.com/watch
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Re: Tongolele
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 3:04 AMThanks for posting. Very Interesting to see some of the same movements across other cultures. Also the Zar/ Getting rid of bad spirits through dance section. We are a smaller planet after all. -
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Re: Tongolele
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 11:13 AMWow, I just watched this clip from link over at "video clip" tribe and commented on Afro/Caribbean moves. It was fun to watch.
Also, I've been puzzled with some modern belly dancing having the chest heaving up and down which I spotted as having more to do with "African Primitive". Maybe, you've cleared up who started that in Egypt?
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