Princess Raja - 1904

[JustKenda]

Too bad they didn't have YouTUbe in th 1900's!

[gypsijewel]

how fascinating and fun to see something so old and a foresister to our belly dance. it is belly dance right?

[sclock2]

Why do I find this sexy?

[Lemon020202]

hahahaaaaaaa! she'd be a hit today on canadian/american idiol!!! lol only if she waited just 100 years. lol

[Lemon020202]

aaaaahahahaaahahhahaaa!  LMFAO!! OMG>>> I'm crying in laughter!! I don't think they thought about dential bills back then! She's AMAZING from that era, even if it was today!

[Avatarlover85]

I fast forwarded to the middle and suddenly saw the chair in her mouth and thought WTF.. that's amazing ..

[owtatowttowt]

lovely. jist lovely.

[owtatowttowt]

amazing!

[Emissssssssss]

Muahahahaha so funny how creative

[ForeverxFangirl]

Thats so cool

[creature1018]

what?

[Skyzapper017]

Awesome! I love old dances rather than modern one

seems classical ^^

[taliajazel]

hahahah holy shit she's my hero!

[Gvanillavodka]

just shake that **** and let me see what you got.

[sclogse1]

Heavy spanish colonial influence in the dress. Cuban thing too. Best to watch while being shot out of a cannon.

[fallenleaf25]

Wish I could balance a chair with my teeth =)

[Lindabellydance]

Wow, that explains so much about why Belly Dance got the reputation it has in the West.

[Scaalit]

And a chair what for in a mouth? 0_о

[Uknowme8same]

hmm... that was interesting..I am not trying to be disrepectful but maybe she was on drugs. Those vaudeville acts were famous for abuse.

[Mookiiy]

@Uknowme8same or...maybe she was being exploited like countless others before her

[GLADIATOR27C]

amazing video ++++++

[amoradance]

wow!

[IshtarBellydancer]

Incredible strong teeth!!! lovely dancer

[vermillion303]

Fantastic!

[paranoicb]

soooo if 'gamata' doesnt fit you

i would say again after 10 months of commenting

your video that it is fantastic.

And Gamato is the best i could say.

Respect :P

[cerice]

No worries :)

Someone gave your original comment a "thumbs down" rating so I wanted to explain the term for whoever mistakenly thought it was something bad.

[ahnzess]

Shake your stuff girlfriend!

[stemilyn]

aww..she had strong teeth man...i bet tht chair is plastic

[brianjlg]

Yes, because in 1904 you could drive your Honda down to the Walmart and buy all your plasticware. everything was made from plastic in those times.

[linuxpenguin73]

lol

[cynthiailly]

The chair thing is hilarious. Love it!

[GearRocks]

What if the chair accidentally flew out of her mouth and hit into the camera knocking it over : )

[egyptianmystery]

She was lovely for her time. Until she used the chair as prop (look ma, no dentures).

[Nypintha]

amazing and it doesn't look that different from bellydancing today, although today's costumes are much more flattering.

holding a chair in the teeth though - not a prop I'll be learning!

[blondine323]

HAHA that is crazy I love it

[aisr1990]

Thanks for this video!

[KaHOnas]

I believe this video to be one of Thomas Edison's, right?

That chair bit was a bit unexpected, though. I have to say I laughed when I saw it. It was almost a visual non sequitur.

[cerice]

Nope - this is not an Edison Film! It was W. K. L. Dickson or one of his employees that filmed this one. Dickson worked at the Thomas Edison laboratory. Dickson left the Edison in 1895, to form the first ever company that solely focused on the production of moving pictures (American Mutoscope & Biograph Company). Biograph became the chief competitor to Edison and in 1896; and showed the first projected images from an American film company to the first American movie theater audience.

[KaHOnas]

Interesting. I appreciate the correction!

[cerice]

I love all the trivia on these old videos!

[ManilaSyndicate]

Thanks for posting these historical videos which will further awareness and appreciation of them.

[paranoicb]

gamata

[cerice]

"Gamata" is a slang word for "very beautiful", "outstanding", "fantastic".

In Greek it is used in a very positive manner (although it derives from a swear word!!).

It is usually used by the hotblooded youth and to some people might sound strange.