The Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches And Impressions in Andalusia
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With muchgraceful swaying from side to side the executants approach and retire, and at the middle of the dance change positions. It finishes with agreat clapping of hands, the maiden sinks down among her friends andbegins violently to fan herself, while her partner, with a greataffectation of nonchalance, takes a seat and relights his cigarette. And in the music-halls the national dances are, with the national songs, the principal attraction. Seville possesses but one of theseestablishments; it... is a queer place, merely the _patio_ of a privatehouse, with a stage at one end, in which chairs and tables have beenplaced. On holiday nights it is crammed with students, with countrymenand artisans, with the general riff-raff of the town, and with women ofno particular reputation. Now and then appears a gang of soldiers, giving a peculiar note with the uniformity of their brown holland suits;and occasionally a couple of British sailors come sauntering in withfine self-assurance, their fair hair and red cheeks contrasting with thegeneral swartness.
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