"The pariahs were not permitted to let this skirt come lower than the
knee, and males and females of inferior caste had the breast uncovered.
Among the chiefs themselves a difference existed, and still exists, as
to the method of wearing the _comboy_. After rolling it twice or three
times round the hips and legs, they form with it round the waist a more
or less bulky girdle, the dimensions of which depend upon their rank.
The nobles are also distinguished from the lower orders by their
extraordinary headgear, consisting of a sort of round, flat, white linen
cap, like that worn by the Basque peasantry, while the lower classes
merely surround the head with a silk handkerchief, leaving none of it
bare except the top. The king alone possessed the privilege of wearing
sandals. Prohibitions, such as one against wearing gold and silver
chains or ornaments, are still scrupulously observed by the Kandians,
who strenuously resist any encroachments of the inferior castes."