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Post #599896 by JOHN-O on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 7:10 PM

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Gotta love YouTube…

I've read about Josephine Baker's infamous "Banana Dance" at the Folies Bergère in the 1920's. Footage of it actually exists, albeit in a more conservative version for the American audiences that it was intended for.

For the French, she only wore a skirt of bananas, that's it... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmw5eGh888Y