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made of black and red rattan. These are sometimes worn alone 

 and sometimes are used to hold in place the sweet-smelling 

 roots and the cocks' feathers which they, especially the young 

 men, like to wear. 



The women wear a cloth about the loins tucked in at the waist 

 and reaching just below the knees. This is of native-grown 

 cotton and is often dyed dark blue. They also wear a belt, 

 woven of nito,^" 8 to 10 centimeters wide around the abdomen 

 and often another similar band to cover the breasts. At times, 

 instead of the breast band, they wear a short cotton jacket 

 which differs from that worn by the men in some details. It 

 has no opening either in front or in the back, the seams of the 

 sleeves are entirely sewed up, and the only embroidery is around 

 the wrists. 



For decoration the women wear masses of beads around 

 the neck and great quantities of strips of rattan dyed red wound 

 around the abdomen. The hair is gathered in a knot at the 

 back of the head, and around it is worn a circular band made 

 of nito, rattan, and buri, in black, red, and white respectively. 

 Strings of beads or bands of brass wire are sometimes worn 

 around the wrists, and ear plugs are inserted in the lobes of the 

 ears. 



Among the Mangyans in other parts of Mindoro no striking 

 variation in the dress of the men occurs. Nowhere else save 

 near Bulalakao is any native-made cotton cloth seen, and nowhere 

 else are the jackets made in the native style. The loin cloths are 

 made either of tree bark or of European cloth. Jackets are 

 either not worn or, if worn, are of the Christian Filipino style. 

 The pocket belt is only 4 centimeters wide instead of 8 or 10. 

 Very few beads are worn except by the Mangyans near Bulalakao. 



The dress of the Mangyan women varies much from one 

 part of Mindoro to another. Near Abra de Hog a cloth is wrap- 

 ped around the waist and under this cloth a woven band of nito 

 is worn. The women also wear a loin-cloth under the skirt, but 

 neither a jacket nor a nito breast band, and sometimes they 

 have rings on their hands and grasses thrust through a hole in 

 the lobe of the ear. In this region they neither weave cloth nor 

 use bark cloth. They get cloth either by working for the Chris- 

 tian Filipinos or by exchanging forest products for it. In the 

 Bako River region, on the other hand, they either buy cloth 

 from the Christian Filipinos or use beaten bark. 



Along the Bako River it is the exception rather than the 



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