ANDALUSIAN DANCERS. NOTWITHSTANDING the general gravity of the Spanish character, the dances peculiar to this nation are remarkable for the vivacity of their movements, which people of all ages and conditions… Read More
The farandole is a historical Provençal folk dance in fast 6/8 time
Egyptian Dancing Girls Performing the Ghawazi at Rosetta, by Prisse d’Avennes.
Goblet drums (also tarabuka) are single-sheet drums widely used in Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
The peoples of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
Dancing females in chiton. Ancient Greece Costumes. Costume of the ancients by Thomas Hope.
Grecian Females dancing. Costume of the ancients by Thomas Hope.
Almeh was the name of a class of courtesans or female entertainers in Arab Egypt. The term became synonymous with ‘belly dancer’ in 19th-century European Orientalism.
Music and dancing are forbidden by the Islamic religion, these amusements are tolerated by the government.
