Photography

JORDAN STEAD / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Deanna "Tamzine" Metz, a pharmacy tech, swirls through her veiling performance on the second day of the 25th Annual Mediterranean Fantasy Festival Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Hiawatha Playfield and Community Center in West Seattle, Wash. "This is where I get to see all of my friends and just chill," Metz said. Metz has been a dancer for 10 years.

JORDAN STEAD / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Dancer Hasani Abbott shows off a dress to a customer from her merchandise tent during the 25th Annual Mediterranean Fantasy Festival Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Hiawatha Playfield and Community Center in West Seattle, Wash. The two-day event is the largest belly dancing festival in the Pacific Northwest.

JORDAN STEAD / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Dancer Meaghan McKracken watches closely as she carefully applies makeup to a friend during the 25th Annual Mediterranean Fantasy Festival Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Hiawatha Playfield and Community Center in West Seattle, Wash. The two-day event is the largest belly dancing festival in the Pacific Northwest.

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Beth Ann Hinkle, a fifth year performer with Hands of Kali, practices balancing a scimitar sword on her head during the 25th Annual Mediterranean Fantasy Festival Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Hiawatha Playfield and Community Center in West Seattle, Wash. The two-day event is the largest belly dancing festival in the Pacific Northwest. For more photos, visit the gallery.