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TWO OF THE SOYOT TRIBE INHABITING THE MONGOLIAN FRONTIER
| The Soyots, an aboriginal people of Siberia, chiefly inhabit the Sayansk Mountains. They are peaceable and timid, keeping strictly to their own domains. Divided into two parties, the northern Soyots exist by hunting and trapping, professing Christianity but practising Shamanism; those in the south are more primitive and have no definite religion, though a few have become Buddhists |
FROCKS AND FRILLS IN THE NORTHERN SHAN STATES
| Black-varnished bamboo hoops worn round the waist and sometimes embellished with seeds or cowries are a feature of the dress of the Palaung women. Their ornaments are silver bangles and large silver ear-rings. White bordered hoods brought to a point behind, and skirts of cotton velvet in panels of blue, scarlet, and black make up a gay costume |