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- The nautch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/; meaning "dance" or "dancing") was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in India. The culture of the performing art of the nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the rule of the East India Company. Over time, the nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller zamindars. Some references use the terms nautch and nautch girls to describe Devadasis who used to perform ritual and religious dances in the Hindu temples of India. However, there is not much similarity between the Devadasis and the nautch girls. The former performed dances, mostly Indian classical dances, including the ritual dances, in the precincts of the Hindu temples to please the temple deities, whereas the nautch girls performed nautches for the pleasure of men. In 1917, attributing the adjective to a woman in India would suggest her entrancing skill, tempting style and alluring costume could mesmerize men to absolute obedience. (en)
- Nautch var en typ av dansartister verksamma i Indien under historisk tid. Under mogulrikets tid utvecklades yrket som en sekulär parallell till Devadasi, de sakrala dansare som uppträdde i tempel av religiösa skäl, och som var vida beundrade för sin förmåga. De två typerna av artister har ofta förväxlats, men medan Devadasi var verksamma i templen, var Nautch-dansöser anställda för att uppträda som världslig underhållning vid fester och mottagningar. De uppträdde initialt endast vid furstliga hov, sedan vid adliga hov och sedan även vid andra hushåll och lokaler. De ingick ofta i underhållningen vid offentliga mottagningar för hovets gäster och ambassadörer, men också vid privata fester och även vid lägerfester under fälttåg. Nautchdansöser hade en viss status och försågs av sina beskyddare med egna livvakter. Under 1800-talet började yrkets status sjunka, och det förekom att yrket i vissa fall kombinerades med prostitution. (sv)
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- "Hindi women in general are finely shaped, gentle in their manners, and have something soft and even musical in their voices. An exceedingly graceful dance of the Natch girls is called the “Kite dance.” The air is slow and expressive, and the dancers imitate in their gestures the movements of a person flying the kite." (en)
- "From time immemorial Indian poets have sung praises of the 'public woman', the professional entertainer. The epics give us a colourful description of her intimate connection with royal splendour. The Puranas highlight her auspicious presence as a symbol of good luck. Buddhist literature also testifies to the high esteem in which she was held in society. She appears through the ages in different incarnations from apsara [celestial virgin] in divine form to ganika [attendant], devdasi [spiritual dancer], nartika [ordinary dancer], kanchani, tawaif [cultured professional courtesan] and nautch girl [dancer member of the professional troupe]." (en)
- "The tent was most glaringly lighted, massaulchis or torch-bearers stood here and there ready to attend to any person who might require them…we had scarcely seated ourselves ere two of them made their appearance, floating into our presence, all tinsel colored muslin and ornaments: they were followed by three musicians, and attended by a couple of mussaulchis who held their torches first to the face and then lower down as if showing off the charms of the dancers to the best advantage." (en)
- "A nautch girl is not a Domni , Kasbi , Randi , Tawaif , Kanjari , Nochi or Devdasi ; she belongs to her own distinctive class." (en)
- "Jealousy and love are hardly ever better portrayed than by the dark flashing eyes, and unrestrained passion, of an Indian natch girl. Very few English admire this exhibition on the first representation, but by repetition it ceases to disgust, and at length, in many cases, comes to form the chief enjoyment of life. It is a fact, however, that whenever this fatal taste is acquired, the moral being of the man becomes more and more enervated, until its healthier European characteristics that are lost in the voluptuous indolence that enthrals the generality of the western Asiatics." (en)
- "They [nautch girls] are extremely delicate in their person, soft and regular in their features, with a form of perfect symmetry, and although dedicated from infancy to this profession, they in general preserve a decency and modesty in their demeanor, which is more likely to allure than the shameless effrontery of similar characters in other countries." (en)
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- The nautch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/; meaning "dance" or "dancing") was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in India. The culture of the performing art of the nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the rule of the East India Company. Over time, the nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller zamindars. (en)
- Nautch var en typ av dansartister verksamma i Indien under historisk tid. Under mogulrikets tid utvecklades yrket som en sekulär parallell till Devadasi, de sakrala dansare som uppträdde i tempel av religiösa skäl, och som var vida beundrade för sin förmåga. De två typerna av artister har ofta förväxlats, men medan Devadasi var verksamma i templen, var Nautch-dansöser anställda för att uppträda som världslig underhållning vid fester och mottagningar. De uppträdde initialt endast vid furstliga hov, sedan vid adliga hov och sedan även vid andra hushåll och lokaler. De ingick ofta i underhållningen vid offentliga mottagningar för hovets gäster och ambassadörer, men också vid privata fester och även vid lägerfester under fälttåg. Nautchdansöser hade en viss status och försågs av sina beskyddar (sv)
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