CULTURAL PROPERTIES
BENGUET ATTIRE Benguet people are more inclined into farming thus their cloth are woven by people from Ilocos, Mt. Province and Kalinga. Though Benguet people do not originally weave their own clothing, their own clothing identifies them from other ethno-linguistic groups in the region.
Female Attire “KAMBAYASHU”- blouse “DEVIT”- skirt
The kambayashu with different color like green, red and yellow are considered from a high status.
The devit for the women is the same, combination of red,black and white.
Male Attire “KUVAL”-g-string
kuval- or G-string. Ordinary kuval is colored dirty white called the pinangsas. However, it is said that there are no other kind of g-string except of that dirty white, pure black/dark blue and the combination of dark blue with red stripes. Generally, the performance of cañao play a very important role in what attire or blanket to use. Even if the user is rich but did not carry out cañao they still cannot use status blankets or attires.
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