Male Belly Dancers: Back In Vogue
The Wall Street Journal coos: ‘Dressed in skirts decorated with coins and shimmering tassels, male belly dancers are back in vogue, in Istanbul, jerking their hips and trembling their abs to hypnotic Turkish rhythms. Known as “zennes,†the performers — Zenne Segah is pictured — were once a mainstay at the courts of Ottoman sultans, but they have been largely out of sight for decades. Their renewed popularity comes amid a broader revival of Ottoman-era culture that has spread to television, fashion and politics.’ But let’s be real: men don’t jiggle as well as women.
