Grandmother's secrets : the ancient rituals and healing power of belly dancing / by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi ; translated by Monique Arav.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Interlink Books, 1999Edition: First American editionDescription: viii, 158 pages cm. : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1566563267
- 9781566563260
- 156656302X
- 9781566563024
- Ancient rituals and healing power of belly dancing
- Ruf der Grossmutter. English
- 793.3
- GV1798.5. A5 1999
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Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword.-- Part One: How It All Began.-- In the Beginning Was a Child.-- The Ancestral Call.-- Have No Fear, Sister.-- Seeing Feet.-- Good Morning, Mystery.-- The Tale of Giving and Taking.-- The Magic Kitchen.-- In the Garden of Thoughts.-- The Other Garden.-- Grandfather, the Quiet Warrior.-- The Dancing Heart.-- Oh, the Ball!.-- A Women's World.-- Blood Flows.-- The Great Celebration.-- My New World.-- Part Two: A History of Women's Dancing.-- Primitive Peoples and Dancing.-- Dancing in the First Advanced Civilizations.-- The Greeks.-- The Romans.-- Christianity.-- The Middle Ages.-- The Arab World.-- The Bourgeoisie.-- Industrial Times.-- The Present Day.-- Mother Belly.-- In Praise of Dancing.-- Belly Dancing.-- The Basics of Belly Dancing.-- Part Three: From Head to Toe.-- Hold Your Head Like a Queen (The Head).-- The Ocean of the Soul (The Eyes).-- The Gateway to the Soul (The Ears).-- Fragrance, Take Me Back From Whence I Came! (The Nose).-- Serpents in the Wind (The Arms).-- Giving is the Source of Receiving (The Hands).-- The Breath of Divinity Lies in Your Breast (The Breast).-- Meekness Rests Proudly on Your Shoulders (The Shoulders).-- When Your Hips are Circling, the Whole Universe Swings Along.-- (The Hips).-- The Snake of Spontaneity is Coiled in the Pelvis (The Pelvis).-- As Full as the Moon, as Soft as Clouds in the Wind (The.-- Belly).-- The Pillars of the Temple (The Legs).-- Hold My Feet, Mother and Give Me Strength (The Feet).-- Part Four: Variations and Rituals.-- The Floor Dance.-- The Stick Dance.-- The Veil Dance.-- Walking and Whirling.-- The Menstruation Dance (Rahil).-- The Wedding Dance.-- The Birth Dance.-- The Trance Dance.-- The Mourning Dance.-- Epilogue.-- Works Cited.--Endnotes
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