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| Turkey: | Cengi - a female dancer at Constantinople |
 | more info The Costume of Turkey. London: William Miller, . type: engraving artist: Octavien Dalvimart engraved by: publisher: Although both music and dancing are forbidden bu the Mussulman religion, these amusements are tolerated by the governement. The female dancers, who are generally either young slaves, or the wives of Mahometan musicians, hardly ever appear in public places. They go to the houses of individuals, where they dance, in the same way as the men, either alone, or in pairs. They are very loosely dressed; and their heads are always half covered with a veil. With castanets in their hands, and their eyes alternately languishing and piercing, they put themselves into the most free and voluptuous attitudes. There always are also in the houses of the great, as well in the seraglio, a certain number of young slaves, who are practised in dancing to amuse their mistresses as well as their masters. In these different amusements, however, there is nothing noisy or tumultuous. They are indeed restrained bu the regulations of the police, which is very strict in this respect: and no person is allowed to have an entertainment with dancing and music, without permission of the magistrates. price: € 7 shipping: € 6 |