Re: Hennaed Dancing Girls, 18th - 19th c.

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Posted by Anon on September 24, 1999 at 01:01:07:

In Reply to: Hennaed Dancing Girls, 18th - 19th century Egypt (one for bellydance enthusiasts on the forum) (Long, but worthwhile) posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 22, 1999 at 13:32:06:

: The scenes which ensue cannot be described.

Hah! Perhaps the writer was simply not up to it.

: "I need scarcely add that these women are the most abandoned
: courtesans of Egypt. Many of them are extremely handsome; and most
of
: them are richly dressed.

"Abandoned" in this context, I take it, does NOT mean "forsaken by
others"...

: or more of these performers being generally depicted in a state of
: perfect nudity,

Ah...now we get to the point. For this second group, henna was not
mentioned. Can it be called "perfect" nudity if such a dancer lacks
henna?

: stations. This mode of dancing we find, from the monuments here
: alluded to, most of which bear the names of kings, which prove their
: age, to have been common in Egypt in very remote imres; even before
: the Exodus of the Israelites. It is probable, therefore that it has
: continued without interuption;

Now that's one Loooong party, if the dancing has continued without
interruption since before the Exodus!

Ok, sorry if I'm out of line, it's been a rough day.

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