Burma image, WA1474
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Burma image, WA1474. Group of Taungthus. Full length. Exchanging yeps.
"A 'yep' was a container for holding betel-nut which many people chewed on a regular basis. It was common practice for friends to offer betel nut to each other when they met as a greeting. The Taungthu men dress exactly like the Shans. With the women, as everywhere among the hill tribes, it is different, and they have their traditional patterns carefully preserved. The main garment is the Karen poncho, smock or camisole. It is always black, but is adorned with embroidery, much or little, according to the status of the wearer. The material is, moreover, very interesting; it is a coarse black cotton with alternate bands of a diaper patter, and what may be called a 'drawn thread' effect, though it is all done in the same process. Very often a simple thread of scarlet outlines the armholes, bottom and edges of sleeves. The whole is most strong and durable. The arms are usually covered with some patterned stuff, velvet or flannel, nearly to the wrists. Green and purple are the favourite colours." ['Burma and Beyond', Sir J. G. Scott, London, 1932, pp.33-34]
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"A 'yep' was a container for holding betel-nut which many people chewed on a regular basis. It was common practice for friends to offer betel nut to each other when they met as a greeting. The Taungthu men dress exactly like the Shans. With the women, as everywhere among the hill tribes, it is different, and they have their traditional patterns carefully preserved. The main garment is the Karen poncho, smock or camisole. It is always black, but is adorned with embroidery, much or little, according to the status of the wearer. The material is, moreover, very interesting; it is a coarse black cotton with alternate bands of a diaper patter, and what may be called a 'drawn thread' effect, though it is all done in the same process. Very often a simple thread of scarlet outlines the armholes, bottom and edges of sleeves. The whole is most strong and durable. The arms are usually covered with some patterned stuff, velvet or flannel, nearly to the wrists. Green and purple are the favourite colours." ['Burma and Beyond', Sir J. G. Scott, London, 1932, pp.33-34]
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