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I Ie considerable or 01 would be b to one on not nol used d to It II and end the skill required In th Ih lbs movement require n tong long period pert of lit pree practise Use tise Sixty revolutions revolution a minute or orone 0 orone one every ov we wa Willi the th lb taunt that we WI timed limed and some II m rather old 1111 men enly halt half that This ThU motion of or cours courses I es th the skirt to 10 gather air al under noath so INI o that It II stand out not a full tull fullan tullIa an ac Ia the will allow When un J der del way wa they the have hay both bolh arms arm extended the right a little the tho hip niftier with palm up Ill the left a little below whet what ouId b bO a line corn acre ae the body but with palm jalm turned down I the Idea being that the divine current from heaven to earth th thus pass I through their bodies Their eyes aye 81 are closed or nearly narty so 0 and ami after atte ab about ut Th 16 minutes minute the th music cease c some come I W l ort rt of t command in Is KIn given by the th lead leI leId der d and thy they stop atop In la their places place with without lIh lIhI I out showing the Ih least leat sign Ien of ot dl ne They ThO The will iII 11 then Ihan op Opell n their eyes 11 es and anil even glance Glan surreptitiously urr to th the gallery where spectators tand stand and nd where the are located The peculiar r Instruments are ato played plad by time Mme with the Ih fingers tin upon some fome f kind kl of lr skin stretched tt over flyer overa otora a tram frani KI by some four Or t r olce 01 in their ln on drawl drawlIng lug Ing In tone ton the th h least hut Ilko ilia muI of or any thing um n fl rould Imagine ATTENDANT T f The Th sia pAr M set t 1 n R acids ui ld fm the Ih service IN aNU abou 40 fe fet t square squer mi 1 I th the h foot door of or lumber In Ia h In ir n nn what might UP ie ull it a fl jr Be Before fl fore fr the th Ih n roi rvin omme en all ill are ae nit tiny n r iun t th the sided nf of this ihl spec space and nd n N ic Hn Rn Is I squat I OH nn rT the Ih floor door at al one nn Id The Th dancer tik position on the Ih three sides lid Ide of 0 r the thi fh floor and nd at the Ih proper time tini i u i I h b I H H ii before the III chief bow bowIng bowing Ing H h ho i t h him In Ine to 10 the th UIl iMo ll md bowing again h They Thy all keep a sort of ot r step I and HO i their war wa around roun the lEns Ill lh h le l I 1 IS 11 dancers dane do d this whirl t ni no flit t the th Ih m nt I is rathor Mow low 01 ih th k m t be tit In i the th way arms aims are re bent th the handa pa 11 pass moil liln up their chest oh and nd a as the tI moti in n II Increase Inere the tM Lb arms arm nna becom bm stend ext end and nd are Cr ra apparently quit rigid rt m In that potion portion The n whole I tiling t hin lasted nearly aarI rI of or orAn a asin an sin how hour and th the few f of oC n us visitors In Ini i the UI gallery alry pU had to stand 4 all the time Uno but hardly a moved mOed so o in intensely Int i tensely teasel t nl was w th the thing It I Ii MM 14 to be somewhat for tor foran toran or oren an en unbeliever r to witness wit this rite it a aIn as asIn In their tit fanatic asat al tit t thee dv devotees t might attack them Kven ven to attempt to visit It their during durin 1 I ii st tended attended with danger clan Our Ou guide guidea a nol i did dM offer to drew dress 4 me mo up In Arab Ab costume and smuggle me mf In but naturally th lb offer wa wee a ad declined d lUll he II told u what Whit they did and It I 1 little hItti other then than rind read reading Ins ing In from the Koran which I their Bi Iii Bible ble 1 Like 1 He the Ih Jews Jw they Ih believe belle In Inthe inthe the prophet of or the III old Testament but do tint nit nt accept Christ a as the siah All wa w was their thol and the th He vond coming of or their thel I II a looked for t r and nd when hen he h does doN come com the III I whole world will be boo converted to their faith I why the tile tat tale had hd so co many follower un all l this th I is Ie why w some great leader Iader of obscure u might some lay day 1 bring en a 1 war wa with when great grint ices of ot life lite might It II Is 18 thought however hower that thAI a all as time tI pasee without a conflict the th dun grows grow WI I 1 less and less lee with seeb e d dInK ln In InK year The general opening up of ot these lh countries to the Influence of ot Hu JIu u civilisation the Ute knowledge that the Arab Abl rebellion and the war were wre w make them hesitate to again be M led leel off on by false tI fat prophets |
