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SUNDAY COSTUMES: COMBINATION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN JAVA
| In Jokjokarta, the capital of a native state of Middle Java, one of the last to be brought under Dutch rule, life remains but little changed. The region round about has been called classic ground, for here the old-world myths and legends, and earliest traditions of Javanese life have their locale; and most members of the community cling to these relics of the past |
YOUTH AND AGE HANDSOMELY ACCOUTRED FOR A NATIVE DANCE
| As in Java, so in Celebes, the dance figures conspicuously at most of the grand civic functions of the islanders. Gaudily costumed, these natives of Minahassa are ready to perform one of their old popular dances, which are usually a medley of supple pantomimic movements, where theatrical gestures and automatic poses intermix with raucous ejaculations and the frenzied clank of weapons |