When Maheema Was A Geisha
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a. Mother was the leader of the geisha house. She ran the place and took care of business. Maheema was a geisha that took Sayuri under her wing, and changed her life by letting her become a geisha, and not a geisha’s servant.
b. Most girls begin their training in a very young age, around 3 to 5. Sayuri did not go to Geisha school because of her trying to escape with her sister. Therefore, when Maheema came, she was years behind.
c. The word Geisha derives from the word artist.
d. You have tsutsumi, a small drum that rest on the shoulder. The fue, a type of flute. Okawa, a larger drum than the tsutsumi, which rest on the thigh. Then you have the largest drum, taiko, which sits edgewise on a stand and are hit by fat