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INTELLIGENT BUT CREDULOUS |
BEAUTY IN COMPLETE DISGUISE |
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| Ainus venerate the bear as the incarnation of formidable strength. Young cubs are reared by the women to be eaten at festivals by the men, who will thus acquire their qualities, and the skulls are treasured as "divine preservers" | Only when mantled from head to foot in the black chadar and white rou-band, with a strip of lacework across the eyes, does this Persian lady venture to step abroad |