Mower County transcript., 1904-08-24

rote, who dimes on dog meat, and
visitors are entertained by Visayan
actors and actresses. Nothing is lack
ing to make the show complete.
The Administration building Is rep
hca OF the government Offices in Ma
Mia, while the Art and EIiha ton
building reproluces in miniature the
cathedral within the walled city, even
the mellowed tints Of age being faith
fully rendered A section OF tie an
cient but still servtcea bic town wall
has been reconstructed to serve the dou-
bic purpose of gateway to the show
and q museum Of arms and war relics
The other main edihces are types
VIlipino homes, being built of undrest
ed timber, bamboo and rattan. Wi
thatched roots and broad yeran nlas.
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 a coarse cloth on q
rude hand oom, others making bas-
kets. others tending irrigated feds of
rice. One group Of men are in village
council, trying an offender according
to their tribal laws: others are slowly
moving in circular da nee to the th,lmp
OF tomtoms and the clang Of brass
gongs; others, again. are smelling iron
by the aid Of primitive but most i'll
genlous bellows, the constituent parts
Of which are bamboo tube and an air.
tight mop of feathers working therein
like the piston Of a syringe And these
are but few Of an almost endless va
riety Of life pictures.
The chronological problem is some
what complicated one; but, although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village dwellers.
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 OF non Malays, the
pagan Maays, the Christian Malays
and the Mohammedan Malays.
The first are the dwarf Negritos with
dark skins and woolly beads, weapers
Of scanty ra1ment. proficient in the use
Of the bow and poisoned arrow, a race
Of nomads and forest dwellers, pagans
pure and simple. They live in their
own stockaded village.
Next to them are the fgorrotes,
whose origin is traced back to the first
wave of Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scaDty clothing, amounting
almost to nudity, but copper eo}ored
skins, long wavy tresses. pleasant fea-
tured faces and fine physiQues, even
though the stature be small: Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters. They are saw
ages, yet have their code Of laws and a
knowledge Of several primitive indus
tries. u ~ '.> :.
- The Christian Maiays, produced by
the second wave of invasion. are rep
resented by the Visayans, : tall and
*haDdsome Faoe, dressing we'll, living In
pretty homes, skilled in weaving dye
ting. basket making. hat making, wood
carving and other ham1cpafts, mnd-
e1Rns Of no mean merit, the one group
OF natives who came early and thor
oughly under the iBfuenoe Of the early
Spanish settlers .s.: .>.,s.s.s
Very different are the Muros. who
swept into the islands from the Malay
|. peninsula last Of all. bringing with
them their Moha ammadan religion, also
9 knowledge Of gun1Ovder acquired
with the Koran from the Arab fana-
tics like. their teachers, pirates. blood
thirsty, treacherous and vindictive fel.