I am not Oriental girl but my country's history is related to the Ottoman empire. So we dance Oriental dances, especially belly - dances here and they are popular :).. At 1st I couldn't dance at all :) but after some time I overcame my fear of public and now I can say I am a good belly-dancer.. I would say Oriental dance has changes my life because it has made me happy and it makes everyone around happy when we dance it. Belly-dances are passionate, exotic, their dancing is not easy for a foreigner and if you have no drop of the Orient in your blood...forget about them :). I adore Oriental dances!