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The voyage of Francois Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil, v.1 Page 162

Author:
Payard, Francois
Publication Info:
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1887, pg 162

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162 MALE ATTIRE. chief, embroidered with gold and silk; this is folded in three, drawn round the loins, and tied in front. Then, for braver adornment, they add a little piece of silk of divers colours, fine as crape or gauze, and short, not reaching further than the mid thigh; and after all this they gird themselves with Young Girl and old Man. a large silken sash, like their turbans, with pretty fringes, the ends whereof they let hang down in front.1 In this 1 Compare Mr. Bollas description of the Maldivian male attire at the present day :aa The ordinary dress of the men consists of short drawers (M. hnruvdlu), a cloth wrapped round the waist, after the Sinhalese fashion (M. mundu), and a plain handkerchief twisted over the head (M. rumd). On board their vessels, and in foreign parts, some don a1 Compare Mr. Bolla s description of the Maldivian male attire at the present day :a a The ordinary dress of the men consists of short drawers (M. hnruvdlu), a cloth wrapped round the waist, after the Sinhalese fashion (M. mundu), and a plain handkerchief twisted over the head (M. rumd). On board their vessels, and in foreign parts, some don a
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