Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-29
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ceiyed the sanction OF thousands OF
wears. as Is attested by vivid repre-
sentatious Of their terpsiehorean
movements. attitudes and poses upon
some of the sacred and most ancient
monuments OF the Nile country;
vet, as / do, so would the reader,
look upon their art as more rude
than pleasing, more laborious than
artistic, more like n peculiar mode OF
cymnastic than dance, and in all
more weird. bizarre and uncommon
than interesting. However, a short
exclamation is necessary whereby
10 elucidrte a description further on,
relating 10 n cruel manner In which
Arabian sseeds are made to initiate
these girls. Let us consider one.
She Is chastciy dressed, bedecked
with two hundred gold coins, worth
in all $500; her earrings are OF mas
sive gold; on her ankles, above her
bare feet, are two heavy silver ank-
lets; around her wrists are bracelets
Of gold, silver aud many OF cut
glass, which tinkle merrily when
she moves her arms i'll graceful I'M
dulatoFy movements, as though imi-
tating a snake gliding over the water.
In her left hand Is now n long
rod. When the music has ahated
n little she walks along hurTieily,
swayiug herself, tfnkliug small
cymbals fastened 10 her hands,
aud bObbing with her head
continually, as a snake does when
captivGted by sweet strains Of flute
or fife. When the music grows more
intense and hurried she adjusts her
paruIe, especially the coins, ever
prone TO twist about; thenceforth
She stands almost ON one spot, as
though riveted, leaning on the rod;
then, 10 our establishment, though
she does not Lift a foot from the
ground, we see. rs II in second,
from her shoulders to the knees a
movement as though she stamped
the ground powerfully with her
feet-Or more like a mOmentary
shock Of paralysis. This she repeats a
dozen or more times, ever tinklins
and bObLing her head. Next, by a
and sudden expansion Of
the muscles Of first one and then the
other leg5and Of the corresponding
arm simultaneously, she causes the
flesh Of one or the other half Of her
whole body tO tIemble and culver at
every alternate beat Of music.
Now we 60 to the dancing horses
which are racing along at break-neck
speed, and are turned around as
abruptly as Unexpectedly by n ire
mendous jerk OF vicious, cruel ]
and are then again spurred |
up to the former speed and again so I
.urned around; and the rider, lest /
be should be almost inevitably |
hurled oil his steed In its sudden I
yhirls. has in his hand long lance, I
me end of which he thulsts 10 the I
.arth at the very moment he so /
suddenly turns his horse. This eX-
.rcise is INDUCED IN n long time by
wenty or more cquines, which, in
heir furious career dart past xix or
light musicians, four or five Of
with inflated cheeks and
Iulging eyes, apply strong blasts TO
fllgeOlcis, fairly kicking
nd holding their heads in their
ndeavors TO keep time with one
mother while increasing the speed
the music. The other two or
hree artists carry thick pear-shaped, I
ottomless earthen pots or jars,
0veTed at the wide ends with goat
Sin. These are beaten alternately
18th a slender rattan cane and !
hort thick strap OF hiTpOpOtamus
ide. The painting horses have al
lady been brought up before this
oisy but active hand.
The excitement makes them snort
nj neigh; the foam or frOth at the
Is and mouth is crimson with :
Iood. Under the impulse Of the
Jurs they start with n leap in the
ireCtiUn Of the music, which they
cc, and from which they are not
N feet distant; but the next moment
pull at the bit brings the horse 10
halt, staining on his hind legs, )
iwing the air with his fore legs, l
the bride bit is being continually
rked; If he backs up he is spurreu,
nd thus he tOtters about on two
* trying with the other two TO
.ep his balance. The rider, like '
e Almeh with her staff. maintains D.
5 equilibrium 10y the help of his ;
nee, ami the horse evermOre i'm
ltieui hobs his head around like the =
RS; as he is allowed neither to 20
,eai nor hack, he males con- =.
luai endeavOrs while on his hind I "
Is 10 turn aside this way OF that,
US twisting and comforting his
INKS and thighs like the girls.
Iring this time the flesh of y
5 whole body WITCHES and quiv-
; painfully, the crimson la,her =
Il TO the earth from his mouth, Il
Il the gore trickles down the hind z
Is from the spur wounds. Five q
six horses perform at time and I
= led away and doctored, while b
lers succeed them, and this lasts p
n afternoons, and is n sport in pl
IlGed in by nUblemen and rich p
-abian and Egyptian horse deal "
FIVE DAYS IN THE DESERT. n
APRIL 20. / am now i'm the desert. ~
&c Sahara Desert EXTENDS in IT. m
~ from the Atlantic Ocean to the N
Il Sea Ito which / am now gningl,
we except the valley OF the Nile, O.
iich above the Delta averages
zee miles or less in breadth. How n
,r, that region which ! am now i
"A barren, forbidding, desOlaie .,
ste Of sand, rocks, grUtesque and he
Igged cliffs and distressing "
its often called the Arabian ~
sert mot desert Of AElbia). The IN
e for five days trip is one dol 20
food for five days, nifty cents, TO Sse
Jude good drinking water on the co
ole trip, and every other day n
Ind(sO they reckon here OfCamcl's rs
X. The second day We reached an an
is-One Of those "veTdant isles Of
ble sed," zone Of those emer- Al
; in the burning sands" IL was -
h-yith n sneer. the emerald
verdant things connected with
spst were fix palm trees, Of the
i sapless and dyspeptic sort l III
e ever seen, and one OF the most
Iliar, cTabby, cranky, curly
m bushes on ear;h, bitter as gall, IT
very green. The shanties mot i
ses) numbered seven, the people mi
the goats four, and three dogs. an ag
} water here was not had, but Tor
IA carried two days in our goat IS
bottles, in the heat Of ~,
desert, it fairly stunk. Our hui
ivan consisted Of three score OF
clmels. The drivers were 20,
sons Of the Desert, acquainted Ser
1 the pole star, but felIahin or an,
rs Of the soil. One moonless "a
ht they lost their way, and only Ne
T 1 hal argued one half hour 10,
l them uselessly, and ultimately pITr
Ell them "MOslem swine.'' a adj
I they hate, they said among sta
nselves: Brethren, We are not 1 ~
&c, but compared TO that learned dau
ne tHiel; We are but bahaim esp
Mo cattlei; We have wandered Ia a.,
ind over an hour, and he can Of
the stars; let him guide US until ton