Romantic India
Romantic India
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There is no festival, no solemnity, without its nautch. When a European of importance arrives at Calcutta or Bombay, the great native functionaries invite him to witness this, and expend ' vast sums to show him four dancing-girls. The European invariably tires; to all Englishmen who have seen it, this spectacle is an incomprehensible amusement. The foreigner accepts from courtesy, and goes away after an hour, sprinkled with the perfumes, wreathed with the flowers that every host owes to his gue...st. The Hindu men remain, seated like so many Buddhas, cross-legged, their hands clasped, mute and motion- less ; and so the entire night passes. Observe that there is nothing sensual in the classic nautch ; and, compared with this dance, the most innocent of our ballets would seem free. The women are loaded with draperies ; the more beautiful the stuffs, the more expensive the nautch. Who shall explain the slow intoxication, the beatified drowsiness, the vague torpor, the somnolent, subtle charm which seizes upon these Hindu men, sitting in a row upon their heels ?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There is no festival, no solemnity, without its nautch. When a European of importance arrives at Calcutta or Bombay, the great native functionaries invite him to witness this, and expend ' vast sums to show him four dancing-girls. The European invariably tires; to all Englishmen who have seen it, this spectacle is an incomprehensible amusement. The foreigner accepts from courtesy, and goes away after an hour, sprinkled with the perfumes, wreathed with the flowers that every host owes to his gue...st. The Hindu men remain, seated like so many Buddhas, cross-legged, their hands clasped, mute and motion- less ; and so the entire night passes. Observe that there is nothing sensual in the classic nautch ; and, compared with this dance, the most innocent of our ballets would seem free. The women are loaded with draperies ; the more beautiful the stuffs, the more expensive the nautch. Who shall explain the slow intoxication, the beatified drowsiness, the vague torpor, the somnolent, subtle charm which seizes upon these Hindu men, sitting in a row upon their heels ?
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Chevrillon, André, 1864-1957 to read onlineMoreLess
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