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Of course, the majority of Goths are unique in their style and music preferences. However, within the subculture there are certain "types" of Goth with particular characteristics. And it can be fun to classify them. Naturally, classifications for each "type" vary from person to person, so you may disagree with what I say here!As I am a member of a bellydance group (Bellyqueen) in Nagasaki, this type is very close to my heart.
Iβm really not good at bellydance at all, but I absolutely love the music and the costumes.
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Yes, this is basically what my ATS (American Tribal Style) and Tribal Fusion classes and dancers are like (outside of class and performances, I am more causal, romantic or Victorian goth. I started out as causal Lolita goth while my best friend was Emo and he gotten me into a lot the music and even more into the geek and art culture than I already was. But no regrets, it is how I started designing and sewing which I can develop skills and make a career out of possibly one day. May have started with cosplay and Lolita; but evolved). As for belly dancing, it started one day when I went to Epicot in Disneyworld and wanted to become a belly dancer (also known as raqs sharqi, Oriental or Middle Eastern dance). Other dancers sometimes look down on us; but I don't care.Β
To think, I started out a weird loner with a overactive imagination who just happened to meant some people thanks to an neighbor at the time who I went to school with (our mothers were also friends and went to church together, that was all we all meant originally). If she hadn't introduce to her friend and her friend didn't introduce me to her brother, I probably won't be where I am now. He gotten me into bands like The Cure (he also really loved Weezer) and many other things.Β
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I remember that the first Tribal Goth examples began to appear in early 90s, with growing popularity of New Age music style. And Bjork.
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Thanks for making this! 
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Have you seen Mahafsoun? I don't know what style she belongs to though, she uses so many styles 
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Awesome, I love all of the descriptions.. and the characters are adorable ^_^ You should do 'Bubblegoth' next
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These are amazing!!!! I've been looking for a list of classifications as expansive as this ^w^
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I know that when I belly dance I usually wear all black and my skirt. Topped with an anhk; very simple but elegant. I want to get a scarlet/deep crimson coin belt and eventually make it more 'dark'. Cool description, it works for me because it's a little similar to a hippy-goth mix, if that's even possible.
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I see a lot of African American male goths going this route as a way to reconnect with their ancestral heritage. Many of them see it as a very spiritual thing.
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I can bellydance, but despite my Goth side, I like moving too much to bear with the "terribly-slowy moves" from Tribal Bellydance. But I LOVE the TribalΒ΄s philosophy and look!!!
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haha Wow, you do lots of things!!! Role-play, speak japanese, bellydance, how cool!!! (Y)
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alright, so, I really love this whole series you have, and it's so possible to imagine people like this. but one question - please do not take this the wrong way, I really do not mean to be offending - do people actually dress like this? That sounds ignorant, but do people go to clubs so extravagently dressed? I wake up, actually even go to an art school, and throughout the whole 7 hours I'm there everyday 80% of the people just, sort of, look the same, you know? It's hard to imagine how alot of people can dress the same, think the same.
so, yes, are you oftentimes surrounded by people like these? Because, if you do, that's fascinating. I feel like this is a very "hidden" culture.
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I know this is old and the account is no longer around it seems; but I will still answer as I am actually one of those Belly Dancers and feel I have more experience and say about it in case others see this and want to know more.Β
Yes, well some Belly Dancers do (usually only on stage/performances though; but also many belly dance related socials as well ). Look up ATS (American Tribal Style) and Tribal Fusion. You probably won't see us wear these outfits outside of shows or related belly dance events though as we wear other things in day to day life (well minus the hair and makeup as we will even wear those styles in class along with our skirts and belts or hip scarves. We just don't usually wear the choli and bras in class though). The history behind this started with dancers who would preform at Renascence fairs, so the style and dance started to change in order to fit in. It started in the West Coast (California) U.S.A.; but it is spreading now.Β
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Fβ¦
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanβ¦
www.deeprootsdance.com/2012/01β¦
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Totally! But in Canada/US it's usually called "neo hippie". Depending what circle you are in the costumes can be brightly colored to dark like the pair showed in the photo. Think burning man and other outdoor raves. This is the kind of outfit you are bound to come across at those kind of things! Hope I helped!
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If you look around hard enough, you may see people wear these sorts of things. I've seen quite a few people wear this sort of stuff. (especially the bellydance-type outfits)
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brillinat! i love all your mini goths. it's also great you don't discriminate them. i live in a boarding school in suffolk- it's a very closed of community- and hardly anyone knows anything about anything, least of all things like goths. they just make fun of them. it sucks.
hm... i wonder if there's a word for people who can't or don't dress like goths but DEFINATELY think like them? i don't really think geek goth suits... maybe scene? no, scene is definately more a fashion thing. oh well. i'll think of a phrase eventually
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I can't dress like a goth because my parents won't let me and I don't want to dye my hair. I really love the type of music, humor, clothes, and sense of beauty. I wear a lot of black and I think that way, so I consider myslef a semi-goth. Hope that helps!
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ah.... that would be it. danke!
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In all honesty, the mindset and the music are more important than the vsible elements, I wear jeans and t-shirts most of the time but still consider myself whole-heartedly goth
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it was extremely helpful ^_^ thankyou very much!
and merry christmas!!!
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No prob'm, glad it was helpful
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I'm growing into this! As weird as it might sound.
very lovely! love your serie
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gothic fusion bellydancer to check out [link] shes amazing. and great fun
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This is all very cute! Now what would you call a goth (like me) who is like all of them just depending on our mood when we wake up that morning!?!
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Glad to see more of these! 
... Nagasaki, you say? Cool. I was living in Hirakata outside Osaka for a while myself.
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what would u call someone who is a combination of bits from cyber, fetish, j, faerie, and tribal goth? cause thats what i am i have bits and pieces from all of those that i like to wear.
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She reminds me of those witchdoctors.
Interesting stuff!
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thank you so much for these goth cheat sheet!! I feel so inspired at the moment!!! May I please refer to your beautiful infomational notes? Thank you so much
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Have liked this tribal-goth style long and are now looking seriously to throw myself into it with clothes and hair and everything. Some tips on Internet pages, images?
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You use black font with dark background. I really wanna kill you.
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Where the **** is Goth lolita?! I look through this entire thing and there is no goth lolita!
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Gothic Lolita was covered under J-Goth.
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i love them! so unique! but how do you read this one? if you do more in the future, could you try to use light letters for the background?
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YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN MAKING ALL OF THIS FOR BLACKWATERFALL.COM?!
I love how you describe and truly explain each and every type
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great series... read all of them and loved it. i'm impressed at the depth of your knowledge and how you didn't judge any particular group
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Wow, thank you very much for such nice comments!
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Very nice, actually im also part of a bellydance group ^o^
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Very nice! actually im also part of a bellydance group
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I wish not to be so corrective but, the term goth is a mix between the TWO gothic tribes, the Visigoths, who sacked Rome and brought forth the begining of the Dark or Medieval period, and the Ostrogoths, who populated Spain, Germany, and the Balkans during the fall of Rome. The closest Goth type would be the Medieval, as your average Visigoth and Ostrogoth dressed in that style of garb rather than the Turkish.
Sorry, I am a Gothabilly and a European History major so my nitpickyness was going off.
(BTW, don't mind the typos, my keyboard is acting like an idiot)
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I've read all of these and they're amazing! Love them very much! And thank you for including Metal Heads ^.^
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Diaboli!
Hehe thats sooo true!
Im a Goth and a belly dancer as well hehe
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