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Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing » (1 AMER ED)
Authors: Rosina-Fawzia B. Al-Rawi, Monique Arav
ISBN-13: 9781566563260, ISBN-10: 1566563267
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: November 2000
Edition: 1 AMER ED
Author Biography: Rosina-Fawzia B. Al-Rawi
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Foreword | vii |
| Part One: How It All Began | |
| In the Beginning Was a Child | 3 |
| The Ancestral Call | 4 |
| Have No Fear, Sister | 6 |
| Seeing Feet | 7 |
| Good Morning, Mystery | 7 |
| The Tale of Giving and Taking | 8 |
| The Magic Kitchen | 10 |
| In the Garden of Thoughts | 11 |
| The Other Garden | 12 |
| Grandfather, the Quiet Warrior | 14 |
| The Dancing Heart | 15 |
| Oh, the Ball! | 17 |
| A Women's World | 20 |
| Blood Flows | 22 |
| The Great Celebration | 24 |
| My New World | 25 |
| Part Two: A History of Women's Dancing | |
| Primitive Peoples and Dancing | 29 |
| Dancing in the First Advanced Civilizations | 35 |
| The Greeks | 36 |
| The Romans | 38 |
| Christianity | 39 |
| The Middle Ages | 40 |
| The Arab World | 42 |
| The Bourgeoisie | 46 |
| Industrial Times | 47 |
| The Present Day | 49 |
| Mother Belly | 53 |
| In Praise of Dancing | 54 |
| Belly Dancing | 58 |
| The Basics of Belly Dancing | 61 |
| Part Three: From Head to Toe | |
| Hold Your Head Like a Queen (The Head) | 68 |
| The Ocean of the Soul (The Eyes) | 71 |
| The Gateway to the Soul (The Ears) | 76 |
| Fragrance, Take Me Back From Whence I Came! (The Nose) | 82 |
| Serpents in the Wind (The Arms) | 89 |
| Giving is the Source of Receiving (The Hands) | 93 |
| The Breath of Divinity Lies in Your Breast (The Breast) | 96 |
| Meekness Rests Proudly on Your Shoulders (The Shoulders) | 101 |
| When Your Hips are Circling, the Whole Universe Swings Along | |
| (The Hips) | 104 |
| The Snake of Spontaneity is Coiled in the Pelvis (The Pelvis) | 110 |
| As Full as the Moon, as Soft as Clouds in the Wind (The | |
| Belly) | 114 |
| The Pillars of the Temple (The Legs) | 118 |
| Hold My Feet, Mother and Give Me Strength (The Feet) | 120 |
| Part Four: Variations and Rituals | |
| The Floor Dance | 125 |
| The Stick Dance | 128 |
| The Veil Dance | 129 |
| Walking and Whirling | 131 |
| The Menstruation Dance (Rahil) | 139 |
| The Wedding Dance | 141 |
| The Birth Dance | 142 |
| The Trance Dance | 147 |
| The Mourning Dance | 149 |
| Epilogue | 151 |
| Works Cited | 155 |
| Endnotes | 157 |
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