Figure 1.-- Here modern Igorot boys are wearing the hand woven loincloth called bahag. |
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Many tribal groups because they withdrew to or lived in remote montneous areas. As a result, they were an element of the Philippines population that were not much influenced by the Spanish. This continued to be the case during the brief American period. Thus Tribal boys continued to wear traditional clothes. This included loincloths, some times with a vest. Some indigenous groups wear clothes with their own design as their identity of their group. Since Independence, most tribal Filipino boys have begun to wear what the common Filipino boys are wearing. Mant tripal boys some times wear traditional clothing as folk costumes for special occassions.
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