Two Nautch Girls - Oil Painting by American Artist Edwin Lord WeeksIn North India nauch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/) i
Two Nautch Girls - Oil Painting by American Artist Edwin Lord WeeksIn North India nauch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/) is one of several styles of popular dance, performed by girls known as Nautch girls. The word Nautch is an anglicized version of नाच (nāc), a word found in several languages of North India including Hindi and Urdu. A simple and literal translation of Nautch is “dance” or “dancing”.The culture of the performing art of Nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the British East India Company Rule. Over time, the Nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the Princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller Zamindars, and other places. -- source link
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