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National Geographic : 1919 Feb
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE A KAYAN MAN AND WOMAN OF THE TINJAR RIVER DISTRICT: SARAWAK The lobes of the woman's ears are ornamented with the customary rings, but the upper parts of the man's ears are adorned with much more highly prized decorations-two tiger's teeth, which give him the appearance of having tusks growing out of the sides of his head. not to interfere with harmless native -customs. WHY NATIVE CUSTOMS AND OCCUPATIONS ARE PRESERVED It is difficult enough to abolish the harmful ones; and it is best for those people to spend days watching for favor able omens in the flight of birds and the cries of animals, until they have advanced enough to make it certain that a useful occupation can be substituted for that which the superior white man wishes to destroy. Thus the Residents carefully respect this and other "tabus." The danger of destroying the primitive customs and harmless occupations of pagan races simply because the white man knows that he can employ his own time better has been recorded by Steven son in his pathetic stories of the Mar quesans. So many of their customs were 147
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