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"Oriental dance" redirects here. For oriental dance in popular culture, see
Belly dance.
The traditional dances of the Middle East (
Arabic: رقص شرق أوسطي) (also known as Oriental dance) span a large variety of
folk traditions throughout
North Africa, the
Middle East, and
Central Asia.
For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows:
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Arab dance:
Ardah,
Baladi,
Belly dance,
Dabke,
Deheyeh,
Fann at-Tanbura,
Khaleegy,
Mizmar,
Raqs sharqi,
Shamadan,
Tahtib,
Tanoura,
Yowlah
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Assyrian folk dance:
Khigga
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Kurdish dance:
Dilan
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Persian dance:
Classical Persian dance
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Turkish dance:
Çiftetelli,
Halay
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Jewish dance:
Hora,
Tza'ad Teimani,
Israeli Folk Dances
Western dance is being incorporated in the Middle East.
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Arabesque (
Turkish)
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Arabic (
al-jeel,
Bedouin,
khaliji,
samri,
sawt)
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Coptic
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Folk (
Assyrian,
Iranian,
Turkish)
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Hip hop (
Arabic,
Egyptian,
Iranian,
Israeli (
Jewish),
Lebanese,
Palestinian,
Turkish)
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Iranian classical
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Jewish
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Ottoman classical
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Pop (
Arabic,
Iranian,
Turkish)
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Luri music
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