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Beneath a large abai or cloak of black Cashmere, with Indian patterns embroidered about the collar and skirts, he wore a long gombaz of very dark green silk embossed with tambour work; his sash was of the plainest purple silk, and his sidriyeh or vest was of entire cloth of gold with gold filigree buttons: on the head a plain tarboosh, and in his hand sometimes
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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Brunais -- called by the Natives, for some unexplained reason, _orang abai_ -- Sulus, Bajows, Illanuns and Balininis; there are also a few
British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884
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"Modekngei" ceremony at 10 a.m. today at the site of the planned abai in Lada, Dededo.
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"Modekngei" ceremony in preparation for the construction of an abai (traditional Palauan meeting place) at the site in Lada, Dededo on April 18.
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Kent took me first to see an abai which he explained as the men's house.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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