Traditional Emirati dance at Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum Al Ain UAE

The traditional dances of the Middle East (also known as Oriental dance) span a large variety of folk traditions throughout

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. For detailed information on specific dances of the region, see the main entries as follows: *

Arab dance Arab folk dances ( ar, رقص عربي, raqs ʿarabiyy), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including th ...

: Ardah,

Baladi Baladi ( ar, بلدي ' relative-adjective 'of town', 'local', 'rural', comparable to English ''folk'', with a lower-class connotation) can refer to an Egyptian musical style, the folk style of Egyptian bellydance (Raqs Baladi), or the Masmou ...

Belly dance Belly dance (Egyptian Arabic: رقص بلدي, translated: Dance of the Country/Folk Dance, romanized: Raks/Raas Baladi) is a dance that originates in Egypt. It features movements of the hips and torso. It has evolved to take many different f ...

, Dabke, Deheyeh,

Fann at-Tanbura Fann aṭ-Ṭanbūra ( ar, فن الطنبورة) is a traditional music and dance genre in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Musically, the '' tanbūra'' instrument plays a central role, along with several ...

, Khaleegy, Mizmar,

Raqs sharqi Raqs sharqi ( ar, رقص شرقي, ; literally "oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century. Based on the ancient Egyptian women solo dancing with almost nude-outf ...

, Shamadan, Tahtib, Tanoura, Yowlah * Assyrian folk dance: Khigga * Kurdish dance: Dilan * Persian dance: Classical Persian dance * Turkish dance: Çiftetelli, Halay * Jewish dance:

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From dabke to buraa, dance is integral to Middle Eastern culture

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