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| Description | A BALL IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANOS The passion for dancing is evidently common to all the races of mankind. The same Inspiration which sets lads and lassies tripping on Blackpool Pier sets these strange islanders, of the Indian Ocean swaying and gyrating under the shadow of their branching palm trees The costumes. It must be admitted, are not those of the best Lancashire society, but doubtless they represent the high water mark of fashion in the Andaman Islands; and if the toilette leaves something to be desired, it is evident that the coiffure of the principal dancers has received careful and skilled attention. The music is is tho case with so many other semi-savage races, is not of a character calculated lo inspire a white man; but undoubtedly the strange droning of the native instruments and the banging of the " tom toms " do " supply a felt want," and produce an effect comparable, it may be supposed, to that of the strains of Strauss's band in a European ball-room. | ||
| Date | between 1897 and 1899 | ||
| Source | The Queen's Empire. Volume 2. Cassell & Co. London | ||
| Author | Various authors for Cassell & Co. | ||
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