Observance of the Law

Rumors started to spread throughout paris of a young oriental girl who danced in a private home, wrapped in veils that she gradually discarded. Soon everyone knew the dancer's ame madahari. She told journalists that she was actually dutch in origin, but had grown up on the island of java. Her grandmother was the daughter of a javanese princess and spent her time horseback riding - risking her life. In august of 19 o five, madahari performed for the first time in public. Crowds thronging to see her on opening night caused a riot. One reviewer wrote, matahari personifies all the poetry of india, its mystic