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taboo regarding women's petticoats |
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No man may wear a woman's petticoat, unless an absolutely new one, never worn, in which case some young man might put it on for fun; but one in use, never. |
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For a woman to strike a man, a weapon, or anything else, with her petticoat is "very bad" (because of its contact with the female genitals) and exerts a harmful influence on everything masculine it touches. |
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In Maguilong in Oct. 1944, the gaonbura and principal male dancer retired and came back dressed as girls and put on a girls' dance with much by-play. The skirts they wore were definitely not new. The GB was Khutuing, the dancer Zingkaolang. |
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Zingkaolang always wore a girl's skirt when dancing, with otherwise full male rig-out. |
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Male dancers in Peisia also wear girl's petticoats occasionally. The petticoats are always worn over the man's own kilt, never over his bare skin. |
