I personally think its a beautiful dance; the real belly dancing which originates from Lebanon. What do you think?

Belly dance, like many other Eastern dance forms, has been largely misunderstood and misrepresented by the Western world as something dirty and, well, slutty. Unfortunately, many people in the West have commercialized and cheapened it (and -made- it slutty). Real belly dance is a complicated, highly technical form of dance that is beautiful to watch when done well.

Apparently, belly dance was developed as a means of helping women prepare for labor. It was not originally a performance art, and was never done in front of men.

Here are some links with information about the history of belly dance:

http://www.joyofbellydancing.com/bdhistory2.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_dance

http://www.esto.es/bellydance/english/history.htm