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HIGH CASTE TAMIL WOMEN OF JAFFNA
| They belong to the society of Jaffna Peninsula which is situated to the extreme north of Ceylon and peopled by Tamils, the Dravidian race of Southern India. Jaffna goldsmiths are famed for beautiful jewellery of the most delicate design and workmanship, often studded with pearls and other precious gems. These necklaces of coins and beaten gold are illustrative of their art |
NUNS AND LAY SISTERS OF A NUNNERY OF TIBET
| Many years ago a law was passed in Tibet which aimed at making the women, at no time remarkably attractive outside their own country, still less so in their own. The effects of this still endure, and it is not surprising that, in the few nunneries that exist, the inmates should live in a state of uncleanliness surprising even in Tibet. One of the group holds a prayer-wheel |