Princess Rajah Dance [1904]

[Styxhexenhammer666]

I am sure every plutocrat had a copy of this in his sock drawer for when those nasty night time cravings arose in his trousers on lonesome winter nights.

[TheNicneven]

Actually, "Oriental" used to be used to refer to anything that was "Eastern," ie. Middle Eastern, Far Eastern, Muslim, Hindu, Indian...you name it. Many Westerners just viewed the rest of the world as exotic and homogeneous. We know this is not so today....or hopefully most of us do, but 19th century people had a different conception of the world. I've read that this woman's dance incorporated elements from Greece and North Africa, so you get the point.

[kimjociable]

didn't realize the Edwardians were already doing the shimmy...naughty!

[halfrek]

I love all the cultural mistakes featured here: rajah is a term used in india and

bellydance is from the middle east not associated at all with india, and I am pretty sure any indian or middle easterner would correct you big time if you called them oriental...go foreigners!

[qingofchina]

Holy shart.

[sweetvalina]

ma che è hihihi la sediaaa hahahahahah XD

[juanbosco31]

dedico esto a Luisito Falcon

[lilbug1978]

That is so cool to see! Too bad it doesn't have sound but it's still really neat to see such an old clip!

[cannoir]

lol! sound wasn't introduced until 30 years after this clip was shot