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THE BLUE STARS OF TANIT AT THE OC BELLY DANCE FEST 2008
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Treisi Ramirez, of Blue Stars of Tanit: with Sooz and Laurie
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http://tribes.tribe.net/thebluestarsoftanit/
ATS, American Tribal Style Bellydance
The Blue Stars of Tanit are an exclusively American Tribal Style Bellydance
troupe based in the East San Gabriel Valley. They grew and took form out of
Director Kristin Ohman"s student troupe The Roses of Shalimar in October
2005. Primarily a performance troupe, members of The Blue Stars of Tanit
have also utilized the ATS medium in the spiritual context of bellydance as
the honoring of women's rites of passage. The troupe name comes from
an ancient North African Goddess, Tanit (Taw-neet), whose culture
centered around Carthage, or modern Algeria. She was shown in sculpture to
be a bluebird. Her priestesses were astronomers, and blue gemstones were
sacred to her. The Ouled Nail tribe danced in her honor. The Homsa or Hand
of Fatima, was once called the Hand of Tanit. The Blue Stars of Tanit are
the 2006 Champions in the Tribal Group category for Belly Dancer of the
Universe. They perform at festivals, parties, weddings, etc.
Blue Stars of Tanit were also the 2006 Tribal Belly dance troupe winner:
(from http://www.bellydanceroftheuniverse.com/bduc2006.htm)
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BLUE STARS OF TANIT AT TRIBAL CAFE 2008:
conny, kris, chriten in tribal cafe 2006:
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