chinela

Updated: May 10, 2025

This baile was like all native balls, rigodón, waltzes, and two-steps; remarkably well done too, these, considering that the señoritas wear the native slipper, the chinela, which is nothing more or less than a heelless bed-room slipper.

Cornélis de Witt Willcox - The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon