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embrace plaids and stripes most often with the jackets being made of a solid
color. Both men and women can use their cuffs for carrying things or slip
items against their torsos for ease of transport. Older women wear their
hair cut fairly short and younger ones show ponytails or loose-hanging hair
on girls. Men most often are seen sporting Western-style haircuts. Even
little boys and girls heading for school dress in the national uniforms on
Fridays. This practice lends further to the cohesiveness of the society.
Monks wear wraparound deep red robes that are also skirts really. Even the
young monks wear this habit. Their garment ends with a shawl-like affair
over one shoulder, rather like an Indian sari again, which allows air
circulation on hot days when one shoulder can be bared. Laymen often
wear an undershirt so that the top part of the goh can be dropped to the
