Research

It is unclear where the origins of pole dancing began. Some believe that the sport dates back to tribal dancing gin African tribes. Women would dance for the men they were engaged to around a pole. The dance was to show that they wanted their to-be-husband have sex with her.

Others believed that pole dancing began “in the 12th centuries with the may pole” to boost fertility in women. The pole was meant to be phallic in the way it looked and the dance was usually performed in “may and lasted until the year 1547”.

However in India, “mallastambha- there version of pole dancing- a strength training completed on an iron pole”. The sport was to build a build physical strength very similar to pole dancing however it was mostly for men.

While during 1920’s during the great depression, pole dancing began to show up in circuses (called Hoochie Coochie). This became so popular in the 1950’s that they started diverging to burlesque and cabaret scenes.

Links used

http://www.learn-pole-dancing.com/history-of-pole-dancing.html

http://www.verticalwise.com/en/a-brief-history-of-pole-dancing/

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