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My Lady's Dress in Korea
Priestly Servitors of Korea's Fading Faith

MY LADY'S DRESS IN KOREA

PRIESTLY SERVITORS OF KOREA'S FADING FAITH

Long silk skirts, resting on the ground in folds, are worn over starched petticoats, with a broad sash encircling the body below the armpits. Very little jewelry is worn beyond ornamental pins in the rather elaborate coiffure Buddhism is dying in Korea. Ever since the monastic orders were forbidden the towns they have steadily lost importance, though the Koreans still feel it a duty to contribute to their maintenance. The strongest ethical force is Confucianism, and there is a prominent strain of superstition in the native character. The faithful few seen above still cling to their temple and their ritual