Belly Dance

I cannot belly dance to save my life.  In fact, my guess is that I never tried.  I don't know much about belly dance, but it isn't just a matter of exercise or weight loss.  There are some obvious cultural connections to belly dancing like there is to break dancing.  I guess Americans doing belly dancing would be an obvious way of using cultural appropriation.  I could be wrong there.  If belly dancing is not to be an exercise, then should it be used for a cultural and historical stance only?  This is something that I have wondered about for a few minutes now? 😃