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
Belly dance in many episodes. The lead character, Jade (Giovanna Antonelli), used it to entice her lover Lucas (Murilo Benício) and to soothe and seduce her husband Said (Dalton Vigh). Several James Bond films (including "From Russia with Love") and music videos have featured belly dancers. In "The Man with the Golden Gun", the belly dancer Saida wears a spent bullet in her navel, which Bond accidentally swallows while trying to retrieve it. Documentaries about belly dance include "American Bellydancer", "Journey of Desire: A Foreign Dancer in Cairo", "Belly, Sensual... Scarred... Sacred", and "Bellydancers of Cairo". Belly dance Belly dance, also referred