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How about THESE ladies?  Actually, what we were seeing was in most cases NOT what these people wear in their everyday lives.   Most, but by means all, villages are transitioning away from topless women and men with penis sheaths.  But they still dress up in traditional wear for ceremonies and they have LOTS of ceremonies which they take very seriously.  For this first-ever festival, several villages with different traditions walked to Lakatoro in their traditional wear to show OTHER villages what they do.  All the schoolchildren were let out for the day and there were about 100 in the stands of this small soccer field.  And EVERYONE had a wonderful time.  A videographer from the national museum filmed the whole thing.  We still have a priceless copy of this video.