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19:34, 23 March 2024 ‎History of hide materials (hist | edit) ‎[3,877 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|History of hide materials 03/24}} {{cat-lthr|History of hide materials}} == History of hide materials == Humanity has used animal hides since the Paleolithic era, for clothing as well as mobile shelters such as tipis and wigwams, and household items. Since ancient times, hides have also been used as a writing medium, in the form of parchment. Fur clothing was used by other hominids, at least by the Neanderthals. Rawhide is a simple hide product, that turns sti...")
19:26, 23 March 2024 ‎British Museum leather dressing (hist | edit) ‎[3,866 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|British Museum leather dressing 03/24}}{{cat-lthr|"British Museum" leather dressing}} '''British Museum leather dressing''' has been used by many conservators since its publication<ref >(Plenderleith, 1946)</ref><ref >{{cite book |title=The conservation of antiquities and works of art |last=Plenderleith |first=H. |first2=A. |last2=Werner |year=1971 |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London |ref=Plenderleith, 1971 }}</...")
08:20, 23 March 2024 ‎Alligator leather (hist | edit) ‎[10,685 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Alligator leather 03/24}} Leather is created when an animal's skin or hide is chemically treated in a process called tanning to preserve it for long-term use as material for clothing, handbags, footwear, furniture, sports equipment, and tools. Alligator leather is also commonly used to create similar items as mentioned above. Alligator leather is not only used due to its durable skin, but also its natural enamel sheen, which is aesthetically pleasing for consum...")
03:45, 23 March 2024 ‎Rose Rainbow (hist | edit) ‎[6,559 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Rose Rainbow 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Burlesque dancer}} '''Rose Rainbow''' (aka Nicole Lindinger) is a professional burlesque dancer, qualified ballet teacher, Bollywood dancer, and dance teacher in burlesque, Bollywood, and ballet from the Munich area of Germany. Rose Rainbow has been booked as a professional burlesque dancer nationally and internationally for numerous shows, company events, and various events since 2010. As...")
22:32, 22 March 2024 ‎Lottie Brunn (hist | edit) ‎[3,053 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Lottie Brunn 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunn, Lottie}} '''Lottie Brunn''' (October 12, 1925 - August 5, 2008) was a German American juggler and acrobat. She is believed to be the fastest woman juggler.<ref name=NYT> {{Cite news |last=Holtermann |first=Callie |date=2022-07-21 |title=Overlooked No More: Lottie Brunn, the 'Queen of Jugglers'|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/obituaries/lottie-brunn-overlooked.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |i...")
07:06, 22 March 2024 ‎Ziegfield Girls (1941) (hist | edit) ‎[5,591 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Ziegfield Girls (1941) 03/24}} {{Infobox film | name = Ziegfeld Girl | image = Ziegfeld_Girl_Movie_Poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Robert Z. Leonard | producer = Pandro S. Berman | screenplay = Marguerite Roberts<br />Sonya Levien | story = William Anthony McGuire | starring = James Stewart<br />Judy Garland<br />Hedy Lamarr<br />Lana Turner | mus...")
00:39, 22 March 2024 ‎Muriel Belmondo (hist | edit) ‎[365 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Muriel Belmondo 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Belmondo, Muriel}} {{Pixonly|March, 2024}} 400px|center|thumb|{{bc|Muriel Belmondo}} {{bc|Picture is from Pinterest}} == Source == dancer-muriel-belmondo-on-stage-for-the-ballet-balletti-paris-23-may-1967_u-l-pwgi9a0.jpg == External links == {{Footer}} {{cat|Ballet dancers}}")
17:58, 21 March 2024 ‎Kangaroo (hist | edit) ‎[6,644 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Sa-leather working 03/24}} '''Kangaroo leather''' is a strong, lightweight leather derived from the hide of the kangaroo. Kangaroos are harvested. Both the meat and the hides are sold. Although hunting most species of macropod is prohibited, a small number of the large-sized species with high populations can be hunted by commercial hunters. This policy has been criticised by some wildlife activists. == Applications == The leather is used in a wide variety of s...")
17:13, 21 March 2024 ‎Urethrotomy (hist | edit) ‎[9,395 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| urethrotomy 03/24}} A '''urethrotomy''' is an operation that involves incision of the urethra, especially for relief of a stricture. It is most often performed in the outpatient setting, with the patient (usually) being discharged from the hospital or surgery center within six hours from the procedure's inception. Urethrotomy (also referred to as '''DVIU''', or '''Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy''') is a popular treatment for male urethral strictures. Howev...")
07:03, 21 March 2024 ‎Herb Ritts (hist | edit) ‎[5,007 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Herb Ritts 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritts, Herb}} {{Infobox person | name = Herb Ritts | color = lightblue | image = Herb Ritts.jpg | birthname = Herbert Ritts Jr. | birthdate = {{dob|1952|08|13}} | birthplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathdate = {{dod|2002|12|26|1952|08|13|mf=y}} | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathcause = Pneumonia | alma_mater = Bard College | occupation = Photographer | known_for = | awar...")
00:10, 21 March 2024 ‎Arlette Dorgère (hist | edit) ‎[2,428 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorgere, Arlette}} {{Infobox person | name = Arlette Dorgère | color = mistyrose | image = Arlette Dorgère.jpg | caption = | birthname = Anna Mathilde Irma Jouve | birthdate = {{dob|1880}06|08}} | birthplace = Paris, French Third Republic | deathdate = 1965 (aged 84–85) | deathplace = Morocco | nationality = French | spouse = Louis Margerie (m.1958) }} '''Arlette Dorgère''' (born '''A...")
21:51, 20 March 2024 ‎Dorothy Dietrich (hist | edit) ‎[12,199 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Dorothy Dietrich 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dietrich, Dorothy}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Dietrich | color = mistyrose | image = Dorothy Dietrich-01.jpg | caption = | birthplace = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | birthdate = Halloween {{age|1969|10|31}} | occupation = magician, illusionist, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian | website = {{url|dorothydietrich...")
21:18, 20 March 2024 ‎Magicians (hist | edit) ‎[2,009 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Magicians 03/24}} '''Magic''', which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world. Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a...")
15:21, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution by region (hist | edit) ‎[5,323 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Prostitution by region 03/24}} = Prostitution by Regions = == Prostitution in Africa == Prostitution is illegal in the majority of African countries. HIV/AIDS infection rates are particularly high among African sex workers. Nevertheless, it is common, driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Social breakdown and poverty caused by civil war in several African count...")
13:57, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution in Mozambique (hist | edit) ‎[4 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "test")
06:47, 20 March 2024 ‎Irina Ionesco (hist | edit) ‎[4,819 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Irina Ionesco 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ionesco, Irina}} {{Infobox person | color = mistyrose | name = Irina Ionesco | image = Irina Ionesco.png | caption = Ionesco in 2020 | birthdate = {{dob|1930|09|03|df=y}} | birthplac = Paris, France | birthname = | deathdate = {{dod|2022|07|25|1930|09|03|df=y}} | deathplace = | occupation = Photographer | years_active = | spouse = | children = Eva Ionesco }} ''...")
01:44, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution in Thailand (hist | edit) ‎[37,452 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Prostitution in Thailand 03/24}} thumb|upright=1.3|[[Walking Street, Pattaya|Walking Street, a red-light district in Pattaya.]] '''Prostitution''' in Thailand is illegal. However, due to police corruption and an economic reliance on prostitution dating back to the Vietnam War, it remains a significant presence in the country. It results from poverty, low levels of education and a lack of employ...")
22:16, 19 March 2024 ‎Meshimori onna (hist | edit) ‎[831 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Meshimori onna 03/24}} {{cat-japan|Meshimori onna}} '''Meshimori onna''' (飯盛女) or meshiuri onna (飯売女), literally "meal-serving woman", is the Japanese term for the women who were hired by hatago inns at the shukuba (post stations) along kaidō routes in Japan during the Edo era. They were originally maidservants hired by the inns, although as traffic along the kaidō grew and competition between the inns increased, they were often engaged in prostitu...")
21:57, 19 March 2024 ‎Nakai (vocation) (hist | edit) ‎[857 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Nakai (vocation) 03/24}} {{cat-japan|Nakai}} A '''Nakai''' (仲居) is a woman who serves as a waitress at a ryokan or Japanese inn. Originally written as nakai (中居) (meaning "in the house" in Japanese), which meant the anteroom in a mansion of a kuge (noble man) or gomonzeki (the princess of Mikado). Nowadays it refers to work in a butler's pantry, homemaking sector, or the managing division and its office staff. At Kyuchu (the Imperial Court), such women...")
21:40, 19 March 2024 ‎It girl (hist | edit) ‎[41,678 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|It girl 03/24}} An '''"It girl"''' is an attractive young woman who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging.[1] The expression it girl originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. It gained further attention in 1927 with the popularity of the Paramount Studios film It, starring Clara Bow. In the earlier usage, a woman was especially perceived as an "it girl" if she had achieved a high...")
21:24, 19 March 2024 ‎Jilt shop (hist | edit) ‎[2,562 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Jilt shop 03/24}} '''Jilt shop''' is an archaic term for an establishment frequented by B-girls ("bargirls"). == Etymology == Jilt originally meant "harlot" or "woman who gives hope then dashes it"; to jilt meant "to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick." In William Wycherley's Love in the Wood, Sir Simon complains of a "Mistress of mine...whom I treated tonight at the French house, but as soon as the Jilt had eaten up my meat and dra...")
21:13, 19 March 2024 ‎Bargirl (hist | edit) ‎[11,658 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Bargirl 03/24}} thumb|A bar girl in Las Vegas A '''bargirl''' is a woman who is paid to entertain patrons in a bar, either individually or, in some cases, as a performer. The exact nature of the entertainment varies widely from place to place; depending on the venue this can be individual entertainment ranging from light conversation to sexual services, or more public entertainment in the form of go-go dancing or striptease. V...")
19:55, 19 March 2024 ‎House mother (hist | edit) ‎[301 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|house mother 03/24}} {{cat-terms|House mother}} A '''housemother''' or '''house mother''' is a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper. == External links == {{Footer}}")
16:41, 18 March 2024 ‎Alan Hale, Jr. (hist | edit) ‎[4,690 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Alan Hale, Jr. 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Jr.. Alan}} {{abridged}} {{stack| {{Infobox person | color = lightblue | name = Alan Hale Jr. | image = Alan_Hale,_Jr._1959.jpg | caption = Hale in 1959 | birthname = Alan Hale MacKahan | birthdate = {{dob|1921|3|8}} | birthplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathdate = {{Dod|1990|1|2|1921|3|8}} | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathcause = Thymus can...")
05:40, 18 March 2024 ‎Venus de Milo (hist | edit) ‎[17,383 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Venus de Milo 03/24}} {{Infobox statue | color = Silver | title = ''Venus de Milo'' | image = | caption = | subject = Aphrodite (Venus) | medium = Parian marble | created = | condition = Arms broken off; otherwise intact | location = Musée du Louvre | artist = | nationality = | height = | weight = | value = | homepage = | wiki = | source = | notes = }}")
02:46, 18 March 2024 ‎Frances O'Connor (hist | edit) ‎[2,237 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Frances O'Connor 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:O'Connor, Frances}} {{Infobox person | name = Frances O'Connor | color = mistyrose | image = Frances O'Connor-01.jpg | birthdate = {{dob|1914|9|8}} | birthplace = Granite Falls, Minnesota | deathdate = {{dod|1982|1|30|1914|9|8}} | deathplace = Long Beach, California | occupation = Sideshow performer, billed as the living Venus de Milo, film actress }} Frances O'Connor ({{star}}Se...")
02:25, 18 March 2024 ‎Zizi Jeanmaire (hist | edit) ‎[266 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Zizi Jeanmaire 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeanmaire, Zizi}} {{future}} <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" caption=""> File:Zizi_JeanmarieFoliesBergere_01.jpg </gallery> {{sa|Folies Bergère}} == External links == {{Footer}} {{cat|Folies Bergere|future}}")
23:41, 17 March 2024 ‎Raoul Ubac (hist | edit) ‎[1,329 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Raoul Ubac 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ubac, Raoul}} '''Raoul Ubac''' ({{star}}31 August 1910, Cologne – {{dag}}22 March 1985, Dieudonne, Oise) was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver. 400px|thumb|{{bc|Tete du Mannequin}} He had various and irregular artistic training and traveled in Europe between 1928 and 1934. He worked mostly on photography between 1934 and 1942, embraced Surrealism in Par...")
20:31, 17 March 2024 ‎Genevieve Tobin (hist | edit) ‎[4,032 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{Header|Genevieve Tobin 02/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Genevieve Tobin, Genevieve}} {{abridged|Feb 24, 2024| artist/author/film/actress/etc}} {{Infobox person | color = mistyrose | name = Genevieve Tobin | image = Genevieve Tobin.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Portrait of Tobin circa late 1930s | birthname = | birthdate = {{dob|1899|11|29|mf=y}} | birthplace = New York City, U.S. | deathdate = {{D...")
02:22, 17 March 2024 ‎The Anvil (Gay club) (hist | edit) ‎[2,950 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|The Anvil (Gay club) 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Anvil, The}} {{Infobox building | name = The Anvil | image = The_Anvil_club.png | caption = Entrance to the club, with closure notice on door | alt = | coordinates = | type = Gay BDSM sex club | owner = | address = 500 West 14th Street, New York City, New York | location = Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City | location_country = Un...")
22:30, 16 March 2024 ‎Afterhours club (hist | edit) ‎[1,961 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Afterhours club 03/24}} An '''afterhours club''' (''aka'' '''after hours club''' and '''afterhour club''') is a nightclub that is open past the designated curfew closing time for clubs that serve alcohol (which is often an hour long).{{fact|date=July 2021}} Such clubs may cease serving alcohol at the designated time, but have special permission to remain open to customers and to sell non-alcoholic sodas and often highly caffeinated drinks. In Western Eu...")
21:08, 16 March 2024 ‎Leather carving (hist | edit) ‎[8,137 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Leather Carving 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Leather Carving}} thumb|{{bc|Leather carving using a swivel knife}} '''Leather carving''' is the process of giving a three-dimensional appearance to leather craft objects or works of art by cutting and stamping the surface. Many different kinds of leathers can be used for these crafts. == Materials == The only type of leather suitable for carving is veg...")
20:24, 16 March 2024 ‎Bookbinding (hist | edit) ‎[2,243 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by automated processes. Firstly, one binds the sheets of papers along an edge with a thick needle and strong thread. One can also use loose-leaf rings, binding posts, twin-loop spine coils, plastic spiral coils, and plastic spine combs, but they last for a shorter time. Next, one encloses the bound sta...")
10:18, 14 March 2024 ‎Tabhane (hist | edit) ‎[2,141 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with " The '''Tabhane''' is a cultural heritage monument in Gjakova, Kosovo. Tabhane is located at a place known locally as ''Livadhi i Tabhaneve'' along the Krena River. It was originally bui...")
04:21, 14 March 2024 ‎Lilyan Tashman (hist | edit) ‎[7,100 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Lilyan Tashman 02/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tashman, Lilyan}} {{Infobox person | color = mistyrose | name = Lilyan Tashman | image = Lilyantashman.jpg | caption = Tashman in the 1920s | birth_date = {{dob|1896|10|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{dod|1934|03|21|1896|10|23|mf=y}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1914–1934...")
16:45, 12 March 2024 ‎The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (hist | edit) ‎[8,748 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Infobox film | name = The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | image = Best little whorehouse in texasposter.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Colin Higgins | producer = {{Plainlist| * Thomas L. Miller * Edward K. Milkis * Robert L. Boyett }} | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Colin Higgins * Larry L. King * Peter Masterson }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Burt Reynolds * Dolly Parton * Dom DeLuise * Charles Durning * Jim Nabors }} | music = {{Plain...")
15:17, 12 March 2024 ‎Madam Mary Moore (hist | edit) ‎[2,296 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Madam Moore 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Madam}} '''Mary Vail Jones Willson Moore''' was born in 1705. She came to North Carolina from Southold, Long Island. Her first marriage was to the honorable Frederick Jones of Chowan County. There were 3 children from this marriage. Her second marriage was to Colonel William Willson, who built Clermont Plantation. At the time Clermont consisted of 2500 acres stretching from the Neuse River to Brices Creek. The ever dash...") originally created as "Madam Moore"
00:09, 11 March 2024 ‎Marian Nixon (hist | edit) ‎[1,716 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Marian Nixon 02/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Nixon, Marian}} {{Future|Feb 24, 2024|actress}} '''Marian Nixon''' (born Marja Nissinen; October 20, 1904 – February 13, 1983) was an American film actress. Sometimes credited as '''Marion Nixon''', she appeared in more than 70 films. == Personal life == Nixon was married four times. She married boxer Joseph Benjamin in 1925, but they divorced two years later. Then, on August 11, 1929, Nixon married Chicago department store...")
17:11, 10 March 2024 ‎Easy access skirt (hist | edit) ‎[381 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Easy access skirt 03/24}} thumb|right|Easy access skirt An '''easy access skirt''' is a loose miniskirt, designed so that someone else can easily access the wearer's panties (if any) and anything else under the skirt. {{sa-skirts}} {{sa-fetish attire}} {{sa-clothing}} == External links == {{Footer}} Category:Fetish clothing")
16:39, 10 March 2024 ‎Ledapol (hist | edit) ‎[749 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Ledapol 03/24}} '''Ledapol''' is a manufacturer of clothes and other items in datex (which they invented in 2017), leather, latex and PVC, including catsuits, bodysuits, leggings and items for BDSM. It was founded in 1990. It now uses 3-D printing technology for some of its latex clothes. :Ledapol :Cegielniana 23 :42-700 Lubliniec :Polska :tel. +48 34 356 26 32 :fax. +48 34 353 12 39 :e-mail: ledapol@ledapol.pl...")
16:37, 10 March 2024 ‎Datex (hist | edit) ‎[612 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Datex 03/24}} thumb|right|300px '''Datex''' is a material made by lining vulcanized latex sheet with a stretchy knitted fabric. This means that latex clothing may be sewn rather than glued and will be stronger. Items made of datex may be put on easily without any dressing aids. It was invented and patented by Ledapol in 2017. == See also == {{sa-latex}} {{sa-fetish attire}} == External links ==...")
12:41, 10 March 2024 ‎Festival dance (hist | edit) ‎[6,226 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Festival dance 03/24}} '''Obon''' (お盆) or just '''Bon''' (盆) is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist–Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been ce...")
12:10, 10 March 2024 ‎English country dance (hist | edit) ‎[4,803 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}} {{cat-mus|Dance}} A '''country dance''' is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets. The figures involve interaction with your partner and/or with other dancers, usually with a progression so that you dance with every...")
11:59, 10 March 2024 ‎Dance in Ancient Rome (hist | edit) ‎[2,958 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}} {{cat-mus|Dance}} The '''Salii''' and the '''Arval Brethren''' were ancient Roman organizations of priests who danced at religious festivals. Dance was used to thank the gods, and it held an important place in the Dionysia. Before battles, Roman soldiers could hold dances to honor the god Mars. Music and dancing was also used to ensure the efficacy of sacrifices. Varro, a Roman author, wrote that dance was used in religious festivals as "no part of the...")
11:32, 10 March 2024 ‎Suda (hist | edit) ‎[5,291 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Suda 03/24}} 300px|right|thumb|{{bc|''The Suda'', page one}} The '''Suda''' or '''Souda''' (/ˈsuːdə/; Medieval Greek: Σοῦδα, romanized: Soûda; Latin: Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας). It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient so...")
23:50, 9 March 2024 ‎Dance in Ancient Greece (hist | edit) ‎[2,953 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}} {{cat-mus|Dance}} ==Ancient Greek dances== In Ancient Greece, dance was a form of ritual, as well as a pastime.<ref>Fitton, J.W. “Greek Dance”. The Classical Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, 1973, pp. 254.</ref> Dance could be included in hunting communities, initiation ceremony rituals of age, marriage, and death, entertainment, dance festivals, and religious activity.<ref>Fitton, J.W. “Greek Dance”. The Classical Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, 1973, pp....")
22:35, 9 March 2024 ‎Dance in Ancient Egypt (hist | edit) ‎[8,138 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Dance in Ancient Egypt 03/24}} == Dance in Ancient Egypt == Dancing played an important role in the lives of the ancient Egyptians. However, men and women are never depicted dancing together. The trf was a dance performed by a pair of men during the Old Kingdom. Dance groups were accessible to perform at dinner parties, banquets, lodging houses, and even religious temples. Some women from wealthy harems were trained in music and dance. They danced for royalty ac...")
22:00, 9 March 2024 ‎Diaspora (hist | edit) ‎[2,859 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Diaspora 03/24}} A '''diaspora''' (/daɪˈæspərə/ dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently reside elsewhere. Notable diasporic populations include the Jewish diaspora formed after the Babylonian exile, Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora following the Assyrian genocide, Greeks...")
21:31, 9 March 2024 ‎Classical Indian dance (hist | edit) ‎[6,326 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Classical Indian dances 03/24}} '''Indian classical dance''', or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, the theory and practice of which can be traced to the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra. The number of Indian classical dance styles ranges from six to eight to twelve, or more, depending on the source and scholar; the main organization for...") originally created as "Classical Indian dances"
19:54, 8 March 2024 ‎Peter Moruzzi (hist | edit) ‎[1,283 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Peter Moruzzi 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Moruzzi, Peter}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Peter Moruzzi (portrait)}} == Peter Moruzzi == Author and historian '''Peter Moruzzi''' is passionate about the middle decades of the 20th century: its nightlife, classic dining, and architecture. Born in Concord, Massachusetts and raised in Hawaii, Moruzzi graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later attended the American Film Inst...")

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