PLATE XL.
A RAMGAN'NY, OR DANCING GIRL.
D a n c in g girls arehi§>S&B)£Wn$l!@ ^ij^jn^ndj lire ngUpgg^Jigr tdjpdia ;;
they are described in the cLwJSoA^^.'v this will
j^Ayejf(aK^4 ,Jsgoafil'vi4g£iiQS,'tl\t^s of thg presort ,^^Bfla)Tb6y"sye;^B^-
pIo^ed4i^thej>IjJimdob> Temples1,- ,^id at all festivals nij hphbW rof th$jr
numerous deities. ■ They also appeir ^thg; entertainments ol individuals
oi.all nations and descriptions, apd some of tlipiMahommedans,
and natives of distinction re tarn a number of thc^n jin theiri^yyipti:
.then; movements arpiCQTjfinddfbeing utherid&tiemglyf 1 sfpidjw.spletnjcdjy
.slow, and their attitudes, ongesfures, wluch.arf, sometimcs,gj&ceful, ate
, alrno.st^l^ays indecent, and therefor^\dpgu|fing/^t^ei^g6neral ’object
is to exute desire, and where the) snetted, thcieiwill Wptiq^jjoujid
j-mu< h .to envy- They sometimes -su^ nj praise of t|iurtgods and of
heioes; but moie frequently themv,ocaL,y®weis aie exerted 411^;.-;
scribing the vakiptuous *scen,es'.o%^ye,t am} the romantic pursuits <df’
dozers.
These girls dress with much fahSdiuiyie y, and aie
covered, with jewels. They-<are5.ofi the finestfbnn&£q&|$iy h(p|d§0,igp,-
and whenjthcy perform at the houses of,nerves oiijEyiqp,eans,,'tb1ey^
are.alwftys*rattended by a-jmaitrpn, whp^f^s, hpi^filf been/of;, tjjgqgtp-,'
,L^sSiOn. <A very good description ofthp$sfemalesrisgj\'s{^by)Djman*;
in fiisi'late Egyptian travels.