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Salome could not have been invited. If she had jordan heels for women been invited, she would have left her fancy, hard-backed chair vacant in order to get into costume and perform. Antipas would have noticed the empty chair and have asked someone, "Where did the kid go?" And, someone would have said, "She's going to perform." That would have taken the drama out of this next part of the story. Let's agree; she was not invited to the banquet.

And there you have it. Salome didn't dance, didn't wear veils, and had a strong bond with her Mother.

To discover how the belly dance became associated with Salome, we have to veer away from her. It's Herodias and John who carry the story line forward.

At the time of the banquet, Herodias was the 2nd Womens jordan heels wife of Antipas, and they had been married for about 10 years. (Antipas was the only father Salome had known.) Salome's biological father was Phillip, who was King of Judea, a large land mass, much larger than the area called The Galilee, and he and Herodias were divorced when Salome was about 1 year old. Herodias had been an important wife when Phillip was first made King by Rome because of her Maccabean blood.

 Herodias was Maccabean. No Maccabee, male or female, would ever name a child for a still living person, let alone the actual name of a relative, this case, a blood aunt, who was living at the time of her daughter's birth. But, it's all we have, so she must remain misnamed Salome (which means ‘peace,' a nice touch, don't you think?) when women nike heels John's beheading is talked about and when Herodias' progeny is included.