The Oldest, The Most Misunderstood

Last Revision: February sixth, 2024

 

My passion for abdomen dance began as barely girl after I knew about Coronary coronary heart Japanese wonders, akin to music, work, and dance. Since then, I have been fascinated with abdomen dance historic earlier, its gorgeous actions, vitality, and uniqueness. In 2004, I grew to remodel fascinated with Tribal Abdomen Dancing and decided I wanted to evaluation and perform, to dwell music. My dream acquired correct proper right here true later, when, after discovering out for 4 months, I joined The Roses of Shalimar. As a consequence of my expertise, I grew to remodel a member of The Blue Stars of Tanit. As a consequence of this actuality, as abdomen dancer, I am curious to hunt out out about its historic earlier and completely utterly completely different fascinating particulars.

 

The Origins of Abdomen Dance

To start out with, most parts about abdomen dance are very refined.  Abdomen dance is the oldest dance, relationship as quickly as further to historic civilizations. It was first used as a method to help induce labor, for worship, and for amusement; nonetheless, all by means of the years, abdomen dance has continued to evolve.

Rosina-Fawsia B. Al-Rawi, creator of Grandmother’s Secrets and techniques and methods and methods and methods: The Historic Rituals and Therapeutic Vitality of Abdomen Dancing, defines abdomen dance:

Abdomen Dancing is a dance of isolation, is which the various elements of the physique are moved individually, independently from each other, however, end up forming unity.  Vitality for the actions is picked up by the dancer kind her abdomen.  Little home is required for abdomen dancing, for true home is physique itself.  The actions of abdomen dancing come kind the joints; the trunk finds itself softly, not like European dances. Abdomen dance supplies a girl the chance to hunt out, uncover out about, and understand herself. (Al-Rawi 58-59)

Perhaps one among many predominant components that abdomen dance is assumed for is its isolation of physique elements, that is, the dancer each strikes the rib cage, pelvis, or gracefully abdomen rolls.  Pina Coluccia, Anette Paffrath, and Jean Putz, authors of   Abdomen Dancing: The Sensual Art work work of Vitality And Spirit, current one utterly completely different definition:

Abdomen Dance permits women to explicit their sensuality, and vitality, supplies grace and stability to the physique.  Abdomen dance may current help to affix collectively collectively together with your inside religious correctly being and particular that spirituality via actions.  Abdomen dance’s actions unfold in rhythmic waves all via the body-meaning, the physique is the home for dance, via muscle administration. (Authors 7)

Of us in modern society worry about being “sensual” and “enticing” elevated than ever previous to.  As a consequence of this, many people are desirous about abdomen dance for its acknowledged “sensuality.”  Moreover, many people uncover abdomen dance attention-grabbing, as a result of therapeutic vitality, or stress-free vitality abdomen dance has.

 

The Objective of Abdomen Dance

One amongst many important fascinating components about abdomen dance is its historic earlier, because of it is surprisingly outdated, and controversial. Keti Sharif, creator of Abdomen Dance, supplies us some historic earlier of the dance: 

Centuries beforehand, all by means of the Coronary coronary heart East, the tribal dancer celebrated the simple world of harvest and religion via ritualistic tune and dance.  Anthropologists have instructed that dance was a form of formality celebration of fertility from spherical 30,000 BC. 

Supplied that discovering of the “Venus of Wilendorf” sculpture, which dates as quickly as further at 25,000 BC, pretty a few the oldest found artifacts depicted female figure-often in postures utilized in abdomen dance at current.  As a consequence of this actuality, one can assume that historic female iconography portraying dance instructed a religious, if not religious, connection between feminity, dance, and fertility. Moreover, from spherical 4000 BC, early civilizations that originated contained within the Coronary coronary heart East, like Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures, worshipped female deities, very similar to the serpent Goddess. (Sharif 6)

As a consequence of this actuality, Abdomen Dance, in its actual context was a form of emotional expression, with little thought on the “sensual” part of it.  It was a worship and fertility dance, perhaps because of after nomads settled spherical 8000 BC, they’d been grateful with mother earth for giving them good soil contained within the Fertile Crescent, contained within the Coronary coronary heart East. The place the three predominant monotheistic religions started after polytheism.  Sooner than turning into monotheistic, the Coronary coronary heart East was polytheistic, which suggests, they believed and worshipped many gods.  Of these gods, the first icons had been goddesses.  Al-Rawi Rosina-Fawsia B., creator of Grandmother’s Secrets and techniques and methods and methods and methods: The Historic Rituals and Therapeutic Vitality of Abdomen Dancing, explains about goddesses, priestesses, and abdomen dance:

Rituals and their explicit dances strengthened the bonds between members of the neighborhood, expressed pleasure, and pleasure, or praised life; however moreover, it was via these dances that men and women tried to know the thriller of life, nature.  Rituals had been subsequently used as incarnations to further enchancment on earth to help the clouds brake into rain, ort to have nice acts of fertility.  The first temples constructed to honor the divine had been dedicated to goddesses and served by priestesses.  Priestesses danced for the goddess and united collectively collectively collectively along with her via their dancing. (Al-Rawi 33)

We do not solely see contained within the Coronary coronary heart East a dance that was dedicated to nature, nonetheless every tribal dance kind all through the globe.  For instance, West African dances had been used to have nice a wedding, circumcision, for rain, worship. Tahitian and Hawaiian dances too give as a result of ocean, and a great deal of others.  Furthermore, since goddesses represented the feminine vitality, women had been the truth is these associated for turning into the priest.  As women, these priestesses abdomen danced.  Initially, rituals had been danced; physique and ideas had been set in motion.  By means of their dancing, primitive peoples expressed their pure pleasure and deep emotions (Al-Rawi 29).  Regardless that I found many books saying “primitive people danced to explicit themselves,” I uncover that people at current go our to nighttime golf gear to bop to have nice.  When one is gloomy, one does not even consider dancing.  As a consequence of this actuality, although we’re not aware of that, we’re linked to out very historic roots of dancing to have nice, solely with out contemplating of it.  

Abdomen dance had many choices.  It was used as a menstruation dance, wedding ceremony/celebration dance, present dance, and amusement dance.  With abdomen dance, a girl develops her stomach and pelvic muscle tissue, which assist in an additional cosy and safer current.  The actions loosen the physique so that the lady can quiet down and open herself all via childbirth. As a consequence of this actuality, Coronary coronary heart Japanese tribes’ women really abdomen dance all via childbirth. (Coluccia, Paffrath, Putz 33-37).  Amazingly, abdomen dance is used for aiding present, for it calms, relaxes, and retains the ideas preoccupied contained within the dance, not in components.

Moreover, given that influence of the moon on the feminine cycle, women gathered for rituals as shortly as a month.  These blood and fertility rituals occurred principally all via night time time, to the exclusion of males, on the prime of the hill, on the navel of the earth (Al-Rawi 32-33).  As a consequence of this actuality, Abdomen Dance was initially used for aiding present, menstruation dance, worship dance, celebration dance, and amusement dance, for women beloved and laughed whereas abdomen dancing.  One among many predominant causes abdomen dance modified, was the transition from matriarchal to patriarchal society.

In matriarchal, agricultural societies, women secured a number of the basics for survival and held social positions.  In a observe all by means of which fertility was a matter of survival, the connection between sexuality, menstruation, and supply was part of ceaselessly data (Al-Rawi 29-30).  As a consequence of this actuality, women, at one diploma, had equal rights, had been revered, until, remembering from my historic earlier class, women had been put to do onerous jobs, and unable to do the job, women had been coined as “inferior” from males.  Furthermore, the outdated feminine lunar religion declined about 3,000 BC.  In a great deal of nations matriarchy was modified by patriarchy.  The interval of mythology started and with it acquired correct proper right here the domination of male consciousness.  The feminine was not revered (Al-Rawi 33-34).  Judaism, Christianity, and Islam modified or made societies patriarchal (Sharif 7).  These three religions modified societies greater than doubtless because of they’d been monotheistic, and this only one God was a male; the hate throughout the route of women on account of greater than doubtless perhaps primarily probably the most well-known story- Adam and Eve and their fall from the eternal paradise.  Moreover, the abdomen dancer grew to remodel a courtesan or concubine, the female was usually outcast and the subsequently, the harems, started (Sharif 7). 

Moreover, women found the dance not only for their amusement, nonetheless to please their husbands and masters.  The Harem was the subject kind which Orientalism, fantasies of the Orient, took root and grew.  Contained throughout the harem and societies supporting the idea of sex-segregation, abdomen dancing may want develop to be sexualized (Coluccia, Paffrath, Putz 39-43).  And subsequently, stereotypes began.  Since then, a abdomen dancer has been a synonym for prostitute.

 

Totally utterly completely different Cultural Influences in Abdomen Dance

One utterly completely different important actuality contained within the historic abdomen dance historic earlier is that completely utterly completely different ethnic groups have influenced abdomen dance, such due to the Gypsies, Ouled Nail, Bedouins, and Berbers.  Supplied that Silk Freeway, or spice route, the Coronary coronary heart East has been a center of cultural commerce.  Persians, Ottoman Turks, Phoenicians, Indians, and Spaniards have created a fusion of cultures and of labor.  For instance, the Gypsies, or “Ghawazee” to Egyptians are chargeable for suggestive sorts of abdomen dance (Sharif 6). In actual actuality, one among many strikes in Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance vogue is known as “Ghawazee”.   The Ouled Nail have moreover influenced abdomen dance.  The women of the Ouled Nail tribe danced in espresso properties and have rework dancers and some even grew to remodel prostitutes as effectively.  As shortly as they’d gathered passable money, they’d return to their tribe, marry, and put collectively their daughters to bop.  Like all educated dancers, they wore all of their worldly possessions, akin to money, contained within the form of jewelry.  They related the money to their clothes (Al-Rawi 45).  Moreover, the Ouled Nail may need contributed to the making of the essential coin hip scarf.   One utterly completely different influence are the Berbers.  The Berbers are the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa, the place they’re scattered.  They dance most steadily at weddings and associated festivities.  Generally two male dancers, or two rows of male dancers, advance throughout the route of each other or the viewers and retire (Alkahira).  Perhaps this has contributed greater than doubtless perhaps primarily probably the most in American Tribal Abdomen Dance, for we modify to the format of a troupe prepared for trios, duets, and solos.

One utterly completely different primary influence in abdomen dance is the European influence.  When the French found the dance of North Africa in 1798 all via Napoleon’s invasion, the gypsy dancers rapidly discovered that the French troopers had been a model new and bountiful earnings (Rall).  In Egypt, female psychological dancers that grew to remodel “Almeh” or “found” carried out, and after retiring, they taught completely utterly completely different dancers.  They grew to remodel the western artists’ muse due to the West’s fascination with the Coronary coronary heart East developed into the orientalism of the 18th and nineteenth century. Orientalism is a high-quality, mannerism, or custom-made explicit to or attribute of the Orient,  Artists and vacationers launched as quickly as further tales of harems and the “odalisque” grew to remodel greater than doubtless perhaps primarily probably the most influential icon is European work all via that time (Sharif 8).  As a consequence of this actuality, stereotypes began contained within the West.  The worst half is that Orientalism occurred throughout the midst of the Victorian Interval, when even the legs of the piano had been lined so males would not consider one issue related to a leg.

Furthermore, Afra Alkahira, creator of  Historic earlier and completely utterly completely different particulars about Abdomen Dance  says: The early twentieth C Egyptian film enterprise at its peak far exceeded Hollywood in its scope.  Abdomen dance was utilized by many film makers of the time.  Successfully, the film enterprise set a norm for abdomen dance.  In its wake, emerged the Egyptian abdomen dance cabaret scene.  It was an eclectic combination of Coronary coronary heart Japanese ingenious values and Western influences (Alkahira).  As one analysis the influence of Europeans on abdomen dance, one can see that Cabaret abdomen dance is a product of European imperialism contained within the Coronary coronary heart East.  Keti Sharif, creator of Abdomen Dance states: 

Many western notions of the orientalized abdomen dancer-for event, that she is on a regular basis carrying a glowing two-piece costume-were genuinely Hollywood enhancements.  Extra fascinating nonetheless, is that the East favored the glamorous new look and tailor-made it to go correctly with the flourishing cinema enterprise.  The thought of abdomen dancing has usually been misunderstood, westernized, and de-authenticated. (Sharif 8-9)

Consequently, the model new costume is European, for Muslims would not want women to be in plain bra because of primarily based completely on Kisa Akbar, a Muslim girl, “a female should not be displaying her stomach, her breasts, cannot be seen in public, to start out with, and should not be listening to music, because of that is not allowed by the Muslim regulation.” Al-Rawi says, “Arab dancers moreover started sporting each ballet footwear or high-heel. All by means of the nineteenth century, the costumes had modified beneath Western ballet pattern; dancers began to positioned on knee measurement skirts with clear blouses (43).” That is doubtless actually one in every of many predominant choices of latest cabaret abdomen dance.

Sadly, there are many prejudices throughout the route of abdomen dance.  As talked about previous to, the sensuality and earth-connected sexuality expressed by women via their dance, their seduction into life, not served women and the thriller of being, nonetheless as a substitute served to entertain and stimulate the onlookers (Al-Rawi 35). This was the beginning of a tragic prejudice throughout the route of a surprising dance. Moreover, Orientalists used the dance to protect fantasies of the Coronary coronary heart East and subsequently, cerate a political and social hierarchy and proclaim the prevalence of the West (Colluccia, Paffrath, Putz 52).  Abdomen dancing has developed a questionable fame all by means of the centuries.  Centuries beforehand, Jews and Gypsies danced contained within the streets for money as they traveled via the cities.  The Gypsies considerably grew to remodel marked over time with prostitution and “selling their dance” for a residing (Sharif 102).  And subsequently, as Gypsies influenced abdomen dance, abdomen dance moreover grew to remodel stereotyped.   

Furthermore, Orientalist work had been a significant situation for creating stereotypes because of they misunderstood the dance and took it as a sexual stimulation for males (Colluccia, Paffrath, Putz 51). Together with, in 1893, on the World’s Dependable Chicago, the U.S. educated abdomen dance for the first time.  Abdomen dance was coined as “horrible” nonetheless afterward, Hollywood took abdomen dance and created the fashionable cabaret costume. Along with Europeans’ stereotypes, Muslims had moreover stereotypes for Islam disapproves of mixed dancing; a dance that radiated such strong erotic vitality and extra the feminine sexual drive ought to merely not be carried out in public.  Islam has put approved pointers, as a consequence of this actuality the utilization of veil, and segregation of sexes. All by means of the meantime, women danced for his or her very personal pleasure (Al-Rawi 43). Sadly moreover, the Palestinian Nationwide Authority Custom-made Minister has indicated that he plans to ban abdomen dancing, to not diploma out that Muslims would not want to see their relations dancing in public (Wikipedia).   

Along with Fusion and Cabaret sorts of abdomen dance, there are reasonably further, akin to Egyptian baladi, Alexandrian Malaya Dance, Lebanese abdomen dance, Greek Chiftetelli, Turkish Abdomen Dance; nonetheless, I will solely give consideration to Fusion and Cabaret, since they’re drastically completely completely utterly completely different kind one another, and the most common ones contained within the West.  Raqs Sharqui, or Cabaret, is the most common one contained within the West.  Keti Sharif, creator of Abdomen Dance states: 

One amongst these Coronary coronary heart Japanese dance is assumed to Arab and Western worlds as oriental dance or in Arabic “Raqs Sharqui.”  It emerged contained within the flip of the century, referring to ballet, flamenco, and classical Indian Dance. It is rigorously resembled to the oriental dance Westerners first seen.    It is peculiar for the acute heeled footwear, transient costumes and glittering attraction of dance. This abdomen dance is carried out at night time time golf gear, cabarets, and night time time reveals at consuming areas.  (Sharif 84-85)

Perhaps it isn’t very like the first dance Europeans seen, nonetheless it is influenced by Europeans.

Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance

The selection predominant form of abdomen dance, contained within the West, is Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance (FCBD) Type, beforehand normally normally known as American Tribal Abdomen Dance (ATS).  Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance Type’s predominant focus is to improvise.  Members research a typical vocabulary movement and through delicate cueing and pretty a few observe to develop non verbal communication, dancers can create a effectivity that, to the viewers, appears choreographed (Moore).  As a Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance vogue dancer myself, I do know that this takes pretty a few memorization of names and cues, and pretty a few observe.  Costuming is normally vibrant, with large full skirts, Indian-style cholis, full pantaloons, hip scarves, tassel belts, and/or fringe belts; usually turban is worn with pretty a few jewelry (Moore).  That is doubtless actually one in every of many predominant variations between cabaret abdomen dance and tribal abdomen dance.  In actual actuality, when people see my tribal costume, it is onerous for them to suppose that it is abdomen dance, until they see me abdomen dance.  For added rationalization, Rina Orellana Rall, creator of  A Historic earlier of American Tribal Type Abdomen dance, and former dancer of the Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance troupe explains:

Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance (FCBD) Type is a fairly new dance with its origins in customary Coronary coronary heart Japanese dance.  American Tribal Type founders are Jamila Salimpour, Masha Archer, and at current’s Carolena Nericcio.  It does not signify a specific tribe, nevertheless it certainly completely utterly combines movement vocabularies and regional costuming to kind one cohesive presentation.  The American part of the label acknowledges that the founders had been Of us and that it was created in America.  The costume of such a abdomen dance seems precise on account of its resemblance to pretty a few gypsy tribes all by means of North Africa, the Coronary coronary heart East, and India. (Rall). 

The U.S. is a melting pot, and perhaps it is anticipated that American Tribal Abdomen Dance is a melting pot, too.  However, very similar to the U.S., it is a gorgeous battle of cultures to make one situation good.  Together with, the first influences are the gypsy dances of North Africa, notably the Ghawazee and the Ouled Nail (Rall).  That’s one completely different excuse to call this vogue “tribal” because of it actually tries to resemble their cultural dances. 

 

Jamila Salimpour

FBDC vogue would not exist with out by Jamila Salimpour, an American, and mother of well-known Suhaila Salimpour. She started dancing cabaret vogue in her personal cabaret, until she created Bal–Anat to rearrange dancers for showing on the Renaissance Dependable.  Her dance Troupe, Bal-Anat, created a fusion of assorted regional dances of the Coronary coronary heart East and North Africa as inspiration for his or her very personal mannequin of abdomen dance. She had many dancers from completely completely utterly completely different elements of the world. Her American College college school college students represented musicians for Egypt and Morocco, and Ouled Nail, and Turkish dancers.  She moreover developed a method of verbal breakdown and terminologies for the actions she found kind visiting performers of the Coronary coronary heart East (Rall).  Many Tribal Fusion abdomen dancers have started like her; they started dancing cabaret, and for pretty a few causes, they undertake American Tribal Dance/ FCBD vogue, like many people I do know, starting with a couple of of my troupe mates. One among many predominant causes for adopting fusion bellydance is that it is lots lots a lot much less sexualized. The costume does not usually embrace the plain bra; it is lots lots a lot much less revealing.

 

Masha Archer

Masha Archer, is the second particular explicit individual to contribute to Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance / American Tribal Abdomen Dance. A former pupil of Jamila, added further uniformity to the model new vogue by not distinguishing between areas and simply determining it as abdomen dance.  She studied with Jamila Salimpour, founding the San Francisco Principal Dance Troupe which lasted 14 years (1970’s-1985).  In line with Masha, Jamila felt that the dance deserved the subsequent place than consuming areas, and bars and there was nothing which can perhaps be completed, “In case you occur to had been a teacher, you will want to place collectively your college college school college students to tolerate the state of affairs and cooperate” (Rall).  Jamila was perhaps the first abdomen dancer to attempt change people’s views contained in the course of abdomen dance; nonetheless, she conformed perhaps because of she was scared Tribal abdomen dance would not be effectively paid.   Furthermore, Masha adopted the dance nonetheless had a singular and controversial mannequin.  She felt that Coronary coronary heart Easterners are unfit for the job of caretakers of the dance, “The {{custom}} is ashamed of the dance and abusive contained in the course of women. Moreover, the dance has been managed by their authorities and disrespected by male membership homeowners.”  She feels that American women have honored it further and will undertake it (Rall).  Along with, Masha and Jamila, Carolena Nericcio has contributed, and nonetheless contributes, to what all people is conscious of now as American Tribal Abdomen Dance/ FCBD vogue.

 

Carolena Nericcio

After discovering out with Masha for seven years, Carolena Nericcio created Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance in 1987.  She began discovering out on the age of 14.  The tribal vogue she created adopted the format of Jamila, and Masha’s swish look and good posture.  Carolena has modified the dance to deal with the viewers entertained bout on a regular basis maintains the spirit of the {{custom}} of Coronary coronary heart Japanese Gypsies (Rall).  Carolena Nericcio supplies workshops, has DVD’s, nonetheless performs, and she or he is a optimistic place of American Tribal Abdomen Dance followers.  Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance (FCBD) Type, beforehand normally normally known as American Tribal Abdomen Dance (ATS) has been made most well-known by Carolena and her troupe Fat Likelihood.  Principally, the style is a fusion of Egyptian hip work with Flamenco arm positions and Turkish torso undulations and stomach actions. Her dances are usually completed as group dances in a very structured improvisation (Sa’id).  That’s one utterly completely different predominant distinction between Tribal and Cabaret sorts. Cabaret vogue is normally completed by a solo performer.

 

Trendy Day Abdomen Dance

All by means of the Coronary coronary heart East, it is carried out everywhere with well-known abdomen dancers as nationwide icons.  (Colluccia, Paffrath, Putz 2). Abdomen dance is the West in predominately cabaret vogue.  It is carried out at consuming areas, bars, cabarets, festivals, and now even in a tour everywhere on this planet.  Miles Copeland, an entrepreneur and creator of the Police rock band, created the manufacturing, Abdomen Dance Superstars.  He has recruited pretty a few the perfect and well-known abdomen dancers contained within the U.S. for his current to journey and perform everywhere on this planet.  “Abdomen Dance Superstars are making the world of abdomen dance bigger and extra well-liked.  Persons are afraid abdomen dance will develop to be further about youthful and beautiful experience, and the older, higher, good women will in a roundabout manner free out. However, I am attempting to interrupt the stereotype that solely youthful and slim is attractive,” talked about Miles Copeland. Abdomen dance Superstars are very gifted and beautiful.  They journey all through the globe and have obtained fame in only a few years.

Abdomen dance is the oldest dance.  Initially a worship, amusement, ritual, menstruation and supply dance, and now a energetic effectivity.  Abdomen dance has developed all by means of the years as a consequence of authorised pointers, abroad influences, and income.  Abdomen dance is attractive and it represents one situation gorgeous.  It represents women’s vitality, sexuality, and tenderness. Abdomen dance is solely not just one utterly completely different dance!

 

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Akbar, Kisa.  “Abdomen dance simply is not going to be associated…”

Alkahira, Afra.  Historic earlier and completely utterly completely different particulars about Abdomen Dance  2004.  Might, 2006.  http://www.zehara.co.uk/bellydancefacts.htm/. 

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Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawsia B. Grandmother’s Secrets and techniques and methods and methods and methods:  The Historic Rituals and Therapeutic Vitality of Abdomen Dancing.  Massachusetts, USA.  Interlink Books: 2003

Bellydance Superstars.  DVD.  Firstars, 2004.  1 minute.

Coluccia, Pina;  Paffrath, Anette;  Putz, Jean.  Abdomen Dancing: The Sensual Art work work of Vitality And Spirit.  Rochester, Vermont:  Park Avenue Pres, 2003

Copeland, Miles; Eggar, Robinn. BellyDance Supertars. 2005.  Bellydance Superstars.  Might 25, 2006.  http://milescopeland.web/bellydance/.

Moore, Sharon.  Tribal Abdomen Dance. 2004.  Might 18, 2006.  http://www.tribalbellydance.org/. 

Rall, Rina Orellana. A Historic earlier of American Tribal Type Abdomen dance 1997  Fat Likelihood Abdomen Dance. Might 19, 2006, http://www.fcbd.com/html/history_rr.html.

Sa’id, Aziza. American Tribal Type (ATS) 2001. Might, 2006. http://www.zilltech.com/FAQStylesATS.html.

Sharif, Keti.  Abdomen Dance.  NSW, Australia:  Allen & Unwin, 2004

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