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'/■///■; AMi-.nic.w Misi-JM joinx.n. 



of iiidustric^ ami arts scciiis to ur(»w out of the natural l)ackL;'i'oiiii(l, a> iiuicli 

 as tlie wa\iii.u" hamhoos or the nistlin^^ licinp fields. 



The culture of the Haj^oho is lar^'cly based on hanilx.'o, dhiicn and hetel 

 nut. Houses, rice boxes, water flask^. nuisiea! instruments are made of 

 liainhoo; the ulxifd fibre clothes the Baj^obo; and betel nut is indisjx'usa- 

 ble as stimulus, diversion, luxury, as well as the yim .jun iioh for e\-ery 

 form of social function and ritual ceremony. 1 )ecorati\(' art also dc\ cjoix'd 

 alouii' tile lines su<it;ested by the natural products of the eii\ iromnent. The 

 Hai^obo, ii'ifted by nature with a sensiti\"c and artistic temperament, met the 

 appeal of I li<' en \ iromnent with a swift response. Hut not only the physical 



One is playing on the IUikoIx) wdmun's •,'uitar wliilc tlie otliiT .steps forth tu (huicc. The 

 pliotograph is reprochieed to show particiihirly the litrured stifT lieiiip skh-ts and the manner 

 of wearing' t Item 



