Travel of Filippo Pigafetta from Crete to Egypt and Sinai
Mount Sinai - Egypt
Title
Singing, sounding of castanets and dancing of Arab females
Short description
Filippo Pigafetta describes the singing of Arab females, the sound of castanets and dances.
Text on source
Le femine arabe cantano parimente al modo delle donne spagnuole, e così danzano sonando maestrevolmente li cimbali e battendo con le dita "las castagnas", che in spagnuolo significa quello strepito che si ode dal parcuotere delle dita nel dito pollice e nella polpa sua, e atteggiando col suo didietro e col dinanzi e dimenandosi con riso e godimento de' riguardanti.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 250
Date
1577 circa
Observations on the events description
The title of the paragraph is "Costume degli uomini e delle femine Arabe, simili a quelli de' Spagnuoli"
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Singing, sounding of castanets and dancing of Arab females" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 08 16.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.31
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