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POOR RELATIONS OF THE BURMAN: RED KARENS OF THE HILLS |
FOREST DWELLERS IN THE JUMBLED HILLS |
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| Incredibly dirty savages, the women wear short, dark skirts, usually red, black shawls, ropes of barbaric beads round neck and waist, and bunches of rattan or black cord rings above their calves. These make walking ungainly, running impossible, and sitting only feasible with legs outstretched straight, a highly indecorous attitude in Burma where convention requires the feet to be concealed | Striped poncho-like gaberdines and short kilts to the knee complete the dress of the Brè hill women. The rest is metal work — massive brass leglets and armlets, silver ear-pendants, and a profusion of necklaces |