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1The Dutch Courtesan — is an early Jacobean stage play written by the dramatist and satirist John Marston ca. 1604. It was performed by the Children of the Queen s Revels, one of the troupes of boy actors active at the time, in the Blackfriars Theatre in London. The… …
2Moovalur Ramamirtham — (Tamil: மூவலூர் ராமாமிர்தம்) (1883–1962) was a Tamil social reformer, author, former Devadasi (temple courtesan) and political activist of the Dravidian Movement, who worked for the abolition of the Devadasi system in the Madras Presidency. She… …
3South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
4Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi — Lew Tabackin Big Band Compilation album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band …
5John Marston — For other people named John Marston, see John Marston (disambiguation). John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – London, 25 June 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Although his… …
6Prostitution in ancient Greece — Prostitution was a part of daily life in ancient Greece. [This article was originally translated from the French Wikipedia article Prostitution en Grèce antique 22 May 2006.] In the more important cities, and particularly the many ports, it… …
7arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
8One Hundred Famous Views of Edo — The Plum Garden in Kameido Artist Hiroshige Year 1856–58 Type ukiyo e One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (in Japanese 名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo Hyakkei ) is a series of …
9Oiran — An oiran preparing herself for a client, ukiyo e print by Suzuki Haronubu (1765). Oiran (花魁?) were c …
10Mahasiddha — (Tibetan: གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: grub thob chen po; or Tibetan: ཏུལ་ཤུག, Wylie: tul shug; Sanskrit Devanagari: महासिद्ध; IAST: mahāsiddha, maha meaning great and siddha meaning accomplished ) is a term for one who cultivates those… …
