the pinkcoinbelt chronicles: July 2026

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Accepting Name Changes in the FatChanceBellydance Vocabulary

I'll be using deadnames in this post. You have been warned.

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Global Teachers

FatChanceBellyDance® - the source of American Tribal Style®, based in San Francisco, CA
Joe: Tribal Fusion Bellydance (based in Tokyo, Japan), site is in English and Japanese
Mihrimah Ghaziya (around the world), site is in English, German, French
Tamalyn Dallal
Oriental Expression - Maria Aya (based in Athina, Greece), site is in Greek
Sema Yildiz - The Teacher of Teachers (based in Istanbul, Turkey), site is in English and Turkish
Henna -- Bellydancer (based in Tokyo, Japan), site is in English
Oriental Harem Filiz (based in Tokyo, Japan), site is in Japanese

Hip Circles

the velvetRAQS - Jakarta Based Oriental / Tribal Fusion Bellydance Troupe
Dancewave Center - Hip Hop / Burlesque / Belly Dance / Bollywood Melting Pot
HipMix - the portal of belly dancers worldwide.
Cheeky Monkey Caravan - American Tribal Style Belly Dance
Deep Roots Dance - ATS in Seattle
Valizan of Shades of Araby - ATS in Canada
Shira - Everything You MUST Know About Oriental Dance
Gilded Serpent - The CNN of Oriental Dance
Rachel Brice and the Indigo
Naimah Raks
Zorba - one of the few male bellydancers I respect
Sultans of Raqs

Splurge List

NakaRali - the ultimate Tribal silver collection, as presented by Carolena Nericcio & Colleena Shakti. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA
SaftiCraft - high-quality Assuit and Egyptian goodies! Fast shipment! Based in Egypt
Nilemarket - Egyptian store with lots of jewelry and Assuits! Based in Egypt
Sirik.com - All things you need for your Tribal needs and desires! Based in Manchester, NH, USA
BellyDance.com - Reasonably priced items & fast shipment. Based in USA
PoisonBabe - amazing and eclectic Tribal and Oriental belly dance fashion. Based in Bali, Indonesia
TribalTique - good bargain price! Based in Netherlands
Silk Road Tribal - Tribal jewelry, adornments, fabrics, and more! Based in USA
BellyDanceProps - Great bargain store. Based in USA
Amera's Palace - Australian based on-line Oriental shopping site
TribalLine.com - Great on-line Tribal shopping site based in Australia. Bargain prices and most of all, REALLY NICE OWNER!
El Hobb (a bellydance shop based in Shibuya, Tokyo), site is in Japanese
Shop Kwaies (a bellydance shop based in Shibuya, Tokyo), site is in Japanese

Belly Blogs I Follow

What Were They Thinking?

Presentation is Important - These costume might be ok, or it might not be, but how can we see what its like when it is photographed like this on the selling site:
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Coffee On An Empty Hangover

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PRINCESS FARHANA

HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY DANCER: THE BENEFITS OF GOLDEN MILK - Photo: Maharet Hughes Golden milk, sometimes called called turmeric tea, is hugely popular these days. There’s definitely a reason- actually, there...
9 years ago
The Bellydance Blog

OMG it’s 2017 - I haven’t written a blog post in such a long time! Partly from feeling uninspired, personal life got busy and maintaining a dance studio, as well as my pho...
9 years ago
Beats~Antique~Bellydancer

Belajar Tribal Bellydance – Tehnik 3/4 Hip Shimmy - Tehnik 3/4 Hip Shimmy – Tribal Fusion Bellydance – Bersama Desi, Founder Tribal Babes Indonesia
9 years ago
FatChanceBellyDance: Director's Cut

Barcelona playlist - Buenos dias Barcelona GS and TT graduates! Here is your playlist! In addition to the songs listed here, the books and resources that were mentioned are: K...
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Crumbs in the Costume Closet

New Classes - I've been out of dancing for about 6 months as the times of my classes changed and I physically couldn't get from work to class in time. It's meant I'm com...
10 years ago
The Tribal Way

- *Rebirth. Rejuvenation. Respect.* R E S P E C T, find out what it means to me!! Basically, I owe almost everything I love about dance to my teachers. ...
11 years ago
The Occidental Dancer

THE KRAKEN AWAKES - BY GREAT HERA! I have finally got access to my blog again! Oh, happy day! New posts coming soon, y'all...
11 years ago
Deep Roots Dance - Tribal and Fusion Bellydance with Shay Moore

Dance Workshop Etiquette 101 - Here we are, in the magic week of Cues & Tattoos here in Seattle! Hundreds of eager dancers from all over the world will converge on our fair hamlet, floc...
11 years ago
Happiness in Simple Pleasures

Wedding Review - Hello, All! I’d like to annouce that I’ve just married. I’m grateful that everything went well though me and fam only had 5 months preparation. Obstacles c...
11 years ago
YIP Podcast

Episode 62: Ariellah - It's been a long time, YIPpers, but we are back! (And more giggly than usual, I'm afraid...don't expect a lot of substance from this episode!) This episode...
12 years ago
(I Dance) Tribal At Night

Printing Your Own Make-Up - The future is here. In the link, you can see Mink, a printer that can print out eyeshadows and who knows what else. This is better than the Star Trek repl...
12 years ago
Arabic Song Lyrics and Translations

Nancy Ajram - What are You?نانسي عجرم - انت ايه؟Enta Eih? - "Enta eih" means "what are you," but really means like "what are you that you would behave like this" or something along those lines. It conveys the meani...
12 years ago
Tasha-Rose: ATS is Religion.

On Moving... - Join me over at ATS Is Relgion. I am moving this blog from this address, archiving the posts and redirecting my energies. Please follow. I feel a lot is ha...
13 years ago
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