Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . THE GREAT FEAST 233 longing to the higher class, which was well were expensively dressed, though in genuine bar-baric fashion as indicated by the ornaments sewn upontheir skirts, which consisted of hundreds of florins andringits. It should be conceded, however, that with theinnate artistic sense of the Dayaks, the coins, all scrupu-lously clean, had been employed to best advantage inpretty designs, and the damsels were strong enough tocarry the extra burden
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . THE GREAT FEAST 233 longing to the higher class, which was well were expensively dressed, though in genuine bar-baric fashion as indicated by the ornaments sewn upontheir skirts, which consisted of hundreds of florins andringits. It should be conceded, however, that with theinnate artistic sense of the Dayaks, the coins, all scrupu-lously clean, had been employed to best advantage inpretty designs, and the damsels were strong enough tocarry the extra burden. The climax had been passed and little more was goingon, the ninth day being given over to the amusement ofdaubing each other with black paste. On the tenth daythey all went away to a small river in the neighbourhood,where they took their meals, cooking paddi in bamboo, alsofish in the same manner. This proceeding is called nasam,and the pemali (tabu) is now all over. During the daysimmediately following the people may go to the ladang,but are obliged to sleep in the kampong, and they mustnot undertake long journey
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