Navel size, informed by the belief that the navel symbolized the center where life began. In Mediterranean culture, belly dancing is a popular art form that consists of dance movements focused on the torso and navel. Navel The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, colloquially known as the belly button, or tummy button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord. All placental mammals have a navel. The umbilicus is used to visually separate the abdomen into quadrants. The umbilicus is a prominent scar on the abdomen, with its position being
Cultural views on the navel a large cloth hat. The belly button is traditionally painted into a mouth. In recent years, modern motifs and Japanese anime designs have appeared in the festival. Sigiriya frescoes depict royal ladies wearing cloth draped as a "dhoti", tied in a knot at the front and pulled down to expose the navel. They wear pleated robes from the waist upwards, as well a necklace, armlets, wristlets, ear and hair ornaments, and display their breasts. The ladies in waiting wear waist clothes, a few ornaments and a firm "thanapatiya" ("breast bandage"). In the Sinhalese poetic work Kaviyasekara, a father advises his