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MEMBER OF THE CHURCH MILITANT |
UNCOMPLAINING HEROINES OF A WARRIOR RACE |
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| Montenegrin parish priests belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Communion wear the national costume, carry arms, engage in warfare, and lead the working life of the peasants, from whom only their beards distinguish them. As a class they are poorly educated | Montenegrin women stand in what is virtually a servile relation to their men-folk, performing almost every function of the national life except fighting for it. All the manual labour falls on them, ageing them prematurely despite their considerable physical strength, and depriving them early of the beauty that is often theirs in youth. Except on festal occasions their dress is very plain |