Dance of the Seven Veils Day 2025
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The king ordered The Baptist beheaded after being influenced by his wife Herodias and her daughter Salomé.
The Dance of the Seven Veils was performed by Salomé.
It is a Middle-Eastern dance similar to belly dancing.
The performer typically wears a bikini top, pantaloons, bracelets, anklets, rings, and sometimes, a pair of finger cymbals. Scarves are also prominent in the dance routine.
Herod was so taken by Salomé doing the dance he promised her whatever she wanted. She in return requested the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
The Romano-Jewish historian Josephus named her as the reason John The Bapist was murdered, but he does not mention the dance.
Regardless, John is in Heaven, Herod, Herodias and Salomé are accountable to the One True God, whose name is "I Am" and not "I was".
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Dance of the Seven Veils Day 2023
The Beheading of the Forerunner