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Updated: June 8, 2025
In support of this contention, he points to the fact that, unlike most Philippine tribes, they use the Malayan name. The terms used are, bait koda stallion, and mamat koda mare. Such a receptacle is supported on the back by means of a band which passes around the forehead, or by other bands which slip over the shoulders.
She trembled a little for fear Mamat would not think her beautiful, but when, last of all, he came up and smiled and claimed the bit of betel-nut that she was chewing for the first time, and placed it in his mouth, she smiled back and was very happy.
He could swim and box, and had once gone with his father to the seaports on New Year's Day at Singapore, and his own prau had won the short-distance race. Mamat was three years older than Busuk, and they were to be married when she was fifteen. At first she cried a little, for she was sad at the thought of giving up her playmates.
Then there were the shell-fish and prawns on the sea-shore to be found, greens to be sought out in the jungle, and the padi, or rice, to be weeded. She must keep a plentiful supply of betel-nut and lemon leaves for Mamat and herself, and one day there was a little boy to look after and make tiny sarongs for.
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