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| The second piece is an altar frontal showing the Virgin and Child on gold cloth utilizing much gold thread. Typically the women, who begin dancing at age five, are bound in gold cloth, with ornate sheathlike sarongs, scarves hung from the bodice, and flowered headpieces, while the men wear brocaded capelike garments of strips of cloth hanging from an elaborate collar, and are crowned with gem-studded headdresses. A few years ago while in Portugal, I wore a vestment made of gold cloth that weighed about 20 pounds. |
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