. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . t civilisationwe find in Java asharp line drawnbetween an aristo-cratic ruling classand a servile ple-beian class, such aswe find nowhere elsein the Malay Archi-pelago. Among theBornean Kayan the chief owns slaves, rules his village with a rodof iron, and toils not in the fields, but he lives in the communal houseJavanese Class ^^f j^j^ ^j.^i^g^ ^^-^^ ^l^pre jg Distinctions. ,. , ,. . , , . little to distmguish him in dress from his subjects. But in Java thesultans live in palaces, and maintain
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . t civilisationwe find in Java asharp line drawnbetween an aristo-cratic ruling classand a servile ple-beian class, such aswe find nowhere elsein the Malay Archi-pelago. Among theBornean Kayan the chief owns slaves, rules his village with a rodof iron, and toils not in the fields, but he lives in the communal houseJavanese Class ^^f j^j^ ^j.^i^g^ ^^-^^ ^l^pre jg Distinctions. ,. , ,. . , , . little to distmguish him in dress from his subjects. But in Java thesultans live in palaces, and maintain a veryconsiderable pomp and majesty. Every sultan and a few nobles have largeharems, some of the inmates of which aretrained danceis, who perform on state occa-sions. The dance is called the s^rimfi, and23 is a figure-dance in whicii four performerstake part to the accompaniment of an orchestra of gongs, harmoni-DancingQirls ^^j„^g^ j^n^j ^.joi^ j^iC girls,of the Harem. r , j none of wiiom exceed more than fourteen or fifteen years of age, are cladin gorgeous silk petticoats reaching to the. ?y Mr. S/ie;/^^rU KADAYAN WOMEN (BORNEO).Note the light-sleeved jackets with rows of buttons. ground, and fastened round the waist witha girdle of gold plates joined by slenderchains; the upper part of the body isenclosed in a kind of corset passing abovethe bosom and under the arms, and con-fining the waist to the smallest possiblecompass. A silken sash is thrown over theshoulders, and is an imj^ortant adjunct inthe waving motions of the hands and armsin the dance. A tiara of gold studded withprecious stones, richly chased armlets, brace-lets, and finger-rings, complete the attire ofthese damsels. The music of the orchestra 178 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS Womenas Agri-culturalLabourers. is slow and solemn, and the dance consists are so popular in Java ; they take theof little else than graceful movements of parts of mythical heroines and of thethe upper part of the body and arms, with ividadar
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