World Cup championship for belly dancing in Saint Petersburg Russia

From: Al Bawaba | Date: January 25, 2004 | Copyright information

A World cup championship for belly dancing has been launched in the Russian city Saint Petersburg, which is expected to last for two days in the City Music Hall. The event is sponsored by the International and Russian Belly Dancing Organization, in which participants will be women only between the ages of 20-45 and having a belly dancing certificate is a must.

These competitions come after a severe dispute between foreign and local belly dancers in Egypt, because of the new law that ba...

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