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Volume 3 74 |
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WILD MEN OF THE WOODS |
SIMPLE GRACE OF SARONG CLAD MALAY GIRLS |
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| The Jakuns, with their kinsfolk the Sakais and Semangs, may be regarded as the pygmies of the Malay Peninsula. Formerly they lived entirely aloof in the recesses of the forests, but latterly have associated more freely with settled communities | Malay girls are sometimes surprisingly fair for Easterns, but they vary from all shades of light to dark brown. The girls of the raiats, the people, as distinct from the ruling class, are capable and domesticated. They have few of the joys and none of the social advantages of their more fortunate society sisters, and for them to the only excitement in life is connected with religious festivals and marriages. Note the discarded wooden sandals and their toe posts |