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YOUNG MAIDS OF ITALY IN THE OLD TOWN OF TRIPOLI
| There is plenty of colour and animation in Tripoli, the capital of the Tripolitania district of Italian Libya. It is an Oriental-looking town, with many arcaded streets, and, in the Turkish quarter, mosques and minarets breaking the monotony of the flat-roofed, whitewashed houses. The markets are thronged with a very mixed crowd of Arabs, Italians, Jews, Maltese, and negroes |
WILD GRACE LEASHED IN SILKEN SCARVES
| Very graceful posturing is the chief feature of the scarf dance of Libyan dancing girls, women of mixed blood, but often of prepossessing appearance. This girl adds variety to her performance by balancing a tray laden with tea-things on her head while sinking to and rising from her knees. The dance is performed to a monotonous accompaniment of drumming and clapping of hands |