Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-09-10

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rote, who dimes on dog meat, and
visitors are entertained BY Visayan
actors and actresses. Nothing L. lack
Ing to make the show complete.
The Administration building Ia rep
ilca Of the government offices In Ma
Mia. while the Art and Education
building reproduces in miniature IT,
cathedral within the walled city. even
the mellowed tints Of age being faith
fully rendered. A section Of the an
cient but still serviceable town wall
has been reconstructed to serve the dou'
BILE purpose Of a gateway to the show
and museum Of arms and war relics.
The other main edifces are types Of
Filipino homes. being built Of undres.'
ed timber, bamboo and rattan, with
matched roofs and broad verandas.
Then there are the tribal villages
nesting under the trees, some OF the
houses perched high up among the
boughs, others ON piles above the wa
ters OF the Arrowhead lake, all Of them
actual dwellings fashioned OF native
materials BY native workmanship and
illustrating the manners. customs and
pursuits of their occupants. Here are
women weaving q coarse cloth on
rude hand loom. others making ba'-
kets. others tending irrigated fields VI
rice. One group Of men are In village
council, trying an offender according
to their tribal laws: others are slowly
moving In circular dance to the thump
Of tomtoms and the clang Of brass
gongs; others, again, are smelling Iron
BY the aid Of q primitive but most In
genious bellows. the constituent parts
OF which are a bamboo tube and an air
tight mop Of feathers working therein
Ike the piston Of syringe. And these
are but few of an almost endless va
riety Of life pictures.
The chronological problem Is a some
what complicated one; but. although
thers are NO fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village jewellers,
the scouts and the constabulary. each
race speaking Its own dialect and fol,
lowing its own customs, all may be
roughly classified into four groups
the true aboriginals or non Maluys, the
pagan Malays. the Christian Mnlays
and the Mohammedan Malays.
The flrst are the dwarf Negritos, with
dark skins and wooliy heads, wearers
Of scanty raiment, proficient In the use
Of the bow and poisoned arrow. n race
Of nomads and forest jewellers. pagans
pure and simple. They live In their
own stockaded village.
Next to them are the lgOrrotes
whose origin Is traced back to the FIRST
wave Of Malay Invasion. Here, again
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost to nudity. but copper colorel
skins, long wnvy tresscs. pleasant fea
tured faces and fine physiques, ever
though the stature be small. AmonH
these pagan Maiays are the head hunt
ere and the log eaters. They are sa|
aRes. yet have their code Of lnws and 9
knowledge Of several primitive Indus
tries.
The Christian Maiays, produced b!
the second wave Of invasion. are rep
resented by the visayans. tall an
handsome race. dressing we'll. living II
pretty homes. skilled in weaving, dye
Ing. basket making. hat making. woot
carving and other handicrafts. must
clans Of no mean merit, the one grouI
u natives who came early and thor
| oughly under the influence Of the earl!
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moros, wit
swept into the islands from the Mala!
peninsula last Of all, bringing will
them their Mohammeian religion, ais
Q knowledge Of gunpowder acquires
With the Koran from the Arabs-fana
tics like their teachers. pirates. blood
thirsty, treacherous and vindictive fel