hip-dance

Updated: May 1, 2025

The tambourine-beating and shouting and hand-clapping of the afternoon is repeated, and every now and then the procession stops to allow one or two of the women to face the bridegroom and favor him with an exhibition of their skill in the execution of the hip-dance.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II : From Teheran To Yokohama