Water Girl - Page 16

All free girls are waiting for that day when they can dance for their new husband. Dance is a transformation rite from one house to another house. For the free girl, it is also a transformation from girl to woman. They give themselves to their husband, and it is expected that children will appear very soon and a new house is filled with noises and busy times. It is also a scary moment for the girl. She is leaving her childhood home and going to her husband's house. How pleasant it will be is much up to the mother in law. Mothers can be very jealous of their sons, and the new bride has to win the mother-in-law's hearth.

New bride (Harsik in local language) is only one step higher than house slaves. Firstly she has to be pure and untouched. Mothers in law have many ways to verify this, and Harsiks have many ways to cheat them. Secondly, she has to respect the father of the house, and she is not allowed to show her face or talk to him for the first seven years. If she has to speak to the father of the house, she has to use an intermediate person to communicate. Even the lowest slave girl can do the speaking on behalf f her.

For a slave girl, the Seduction dance is even scarier. She has to train her dance perfectly to avoid the cane. For slave girls, this dance is also a rite of transformation. Because of local habits, their purity is protected, and men are not allowed to use them. After the seduction dance and their first night, they become women, and they are free to use. Master can order them to serve any guest. It includes pleasing the guest. No matter if the guest is Master or Mistress.

J'rayin knew this when she started to dance. She was happy that Master didn't have guests very often, and even he had, he kept his girls only by himself. One of the house slaves was ordered to serve the guest.

J’rayin was only nervous that her dance was perfect and steps would meet their place, and she would remember all the movements. Then she was worried about what would happen after the dance.