anchor: Originally, these holy dances were performed by devadasis, the sacred dancing-girls, who were in fact the temple prosetutes that is, until the Hindu reform movement during the 19th century made it acceptable for girls of respectable families to perform the dances, too.
positive: The holy dances has seen change in its performers' family backgrounds after the Hindu reform movement.
negative: To this day, devadasis are still the exclusive holy dancers.