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Married women are distinguished by the fact that they expose 

 the breasts, while unmarried girls cover them with a peel from 

 one of the plantains, ornamented with finely braided rattan cord. 



During the dry season the lowland Mangyans often wander 

 through the forest with no fixed place of abode. Where night 

 overtakes them, there they sleep, each person making a shelter 



MARRIED MANGYAN WOMAN, SHOWING TYPICAL COSTUME — MT HALCON, MINDORO 



for himself by cutting off a couple of rattan leaves, fastening 

 their buts together, and sticking them into the earth at such an 

 angle as to give the leaves a suitable inclination. Under this 

 quickly extemporized roof he sleeps, usually squatting on his 

 heels. 



When a company are planning to remain for several days in 

 one place, they sometimes construct low thatched roofs, under 



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