Mani's Clothing
The Mani clothing are mostly obtained
from nature. For example, twigs and leaves,
which are woven into a fabric. The men
of the Mani people wear under drawers made of
tree bark wrapped around the body with an end piece covering the front. They also wear waist-to-knee-length garments
that leave the upper body bare.
nung loh leah
: is when men wear a piece of cloth
covering the pubic area between the legs reaching from the front to the rear.
The women of the Mani people wear
short skirts made of grass or leaves. Women wear
skirts reaching down to the knees or half the thighs. On their breast they have
cloth or they will leave them bare.
Jawad:
A woman wears an inner under drawers, featuring
a waist-band; a piece of cloth strapped between the legs and around the outside
waist.
They clothe their breasts or leave
them bare. Children, however, are naked. When cloth is scarce or unavailable,
leaves are used; when cloth is available, a type called horly, wide or narrow,
is used. The narrow cloth reaches just above the knees.
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