Philippine history : reassessed / Isidro Escare Abeto.

in fishing, gathering pearls and in piracies on the high seas. This modus
vivendi was inherited by them from their antecessors who lived in Borneo
and in the Indonesian islands. The Mohammedans pursued the nefarious
trade of piracy even after the establishment of the Spanish sovereignty in the
country.
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Dresses men and women wear
The Bahag. This was the familiar attire of the males. A piece of cloth
was wrapped around the waist and between the upper parts of the legs to hide
the sex organs. For the upper portion, the men wore Kangan, a collarless,
short-sleeved jacket that reached slightly below the waist. The Kangan
usually was of bright colors because of the natives' fondness for glaring colors
which perhaps misled Spanish historian Diego Lope de Povedano to say the
natives were called pintados because of their brightly-colored apparels.
These colors classified the social ranks. Red was for a pangulo or chief and
blue and other hues were for those of lower social category.
The Women's Dresses. Dresses for women composed of two parts
- lower and upper. The lower portion was called Patadiong. This was a loose

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