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MALAY TYPE OF TURBANED CHAM WOMAN |
STOLID SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF TIBET'S FAR MOUNTAINS |
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| This is one of the strange, Moslemised race of Sumatra Malays, that helped the Brahmin invaders of Cochin China to build an empire on the Mekong River | Solidity and stolidity are the main characteristics of the Tibetan, and these show themselves in the outward appearance of this group. While they resent the intrusion of foreigners into their fastnesses, they will, if necessary, receive them as guests with considerable politeness and even charm of manner. The women hold a singularly advanced position in this otherwise backward land |