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Formerly the headdress for men was a patterned 
cloth tied in various fashions, but this has in almost 
all places fallen into disuse, except among the elderly 
and on ceremonial occasions, its place being taken 
by a short cylindrical cap of coloured velvet, the 
effect of which is distinctly smart. A little white 
skull-cap is worn by those who have aspirations to 
be considered pious, and returned Mecca-pilgrims, 
haji, wear a turban bound round the head in ad- 
dition. 
A conical sun-hat of palm-leaf and rattan is 
worn by workers in the fields. 
Men cut their hair short, or shave the entire 
head. Women dress their long, dark tresses in a 
variety of ways. 
As I am only attempting to describe the daily 
life of the common people at the present day, I will 
make no reference here to the wearing of weapons 
nor to obsolete articles of clothing. Furthermore 
as my description is intended to strike an average 
I shall not refer to manners of dress in favour 
among only small sections of the population, 
such, for instance, as the immigants from Siamese 
Malaya who have settled in northern Perak. 
Present day womens’ dress consists of a sarong 
similar to that worn by men-folk, but often of more 
ornate design, which is draped to hang to about the 
level of the ankles. Flowered sarongs, printed in 
Java, are in favour with the women, though check 
and tartan patterns, such as are used by the men, 
are also commonly worn. 
The type of jacket which is now very generally 
used by women is a long coat of Portuguese origin, 
which is fastened by a set of large brooches, three 
in number. Its material is, usually a flowered cotton 
or silk cloth. Short jackets, either open dowfi the 
