The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-02
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rote, who dimes on dog meat, and
visitors are entertained by Nlsayan
aetors and actresses. Nothing is lack
ing to make the show complete
The Administration building is rep.
lica of the government offices In Ma
nila, while the Art and Education
building reproduces In miniature the
cathedral within the walled city, even
the mellowed tints of age being faith
fully rendered. A section of the an
cient but still serviceablc town wall
has been reconstructed To serve the dou-
bic purpose of a gateway to the show
and n museum Of arms and war relies.
The other main cvliilccs are types sf
Filipino homes, being built Of undress-
ed timber, bamboo and rattan, with
matched roofs and broad vcrandns
Then there arc 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 ana
illustrating the manners, customs and
pursuits OF their occupants. Here are
women weaving n coarse cloth on a
rude hand loom, others making bas
kets. others tending irrigated fields Of
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 clnng OF brass
gongs; others, again. are smelling iron
by the aid OF primitive but most in
gcnious bellows, the constituent parts
OF which are bamboo tube and an air
tight mop Of feathers working therein
like the piston OF n syringe. And these
are but few OF an almost endless va
ricty OF life pictures.
The chronological problem Is some
what complicated oHei but although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village dwCliCrS,
the scouts and the constahulary, each
race speaking it's own dialect and fol
lowing its own customs, all may be
roughly classified into four groups
the true ahorgiualS or non Malays, tho
pagan Malays, the Christian MalayS
and the MohammCdan Malays.
The firSt are the dwarf NcgritoS with
dark skins and woolly heads. wcarcrs
Of scanty raiment. proficient in the use
OF the bow and poisoned arrow, a race
OF nomads and forest dwellers, pagaus
pure and simple. They live In their
own stockaded village.
Next TO them are the IgorrotcS,
whose origin is traced back 20 the tirst
wave OF Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost to nudity, but copper colorel
skins, Iong wavy trcSses. pleasant Zen.
tured faceS and fine physiqucs, even
though the statugp pe small. Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt.
ers and the dog eaters. They are say
ages. yet have their code of laws aud n
knowledge OF several primitive indus.
tries.
The Christian Malays. produced 10y
the second wave of invasion. are rep
resented by the Nisayans. n tall and
handsome race. dressing well. living I'm
pretty homes. skilled in weaving, dye
ipg. basket making. hat making, wood
carving and other handicrafts, must
clans OF no mean merit. the one group
OF natives whe Eame early and thor.
oughly under the infueace " the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moros. WIG
swept Into the islands from the Malay
peninsula last OF all. bringing with
them their Moha..sle,lan religion. also
a knowledge Of gunpcydsT acquired
with the Koran from the Arabs -fana
tics like their teachers, pirates. blood
thirsty, treacherous aud yindictivs Eel