........When the children grew old enough to understand, clothing became a necessity. Girls put on a loose, comfortable blouse, which was designed to suit the tropical climate. Boys, on the contrary, did not wear a shirt. If they had to, it would be a simple T-shirt, whereas girls wore a casual, round-necklined blouse beautifully decorated with ribbons and laces. As for lower garment, they wore an oblong piece of colour cloth. Some wore "PaTung" which, handed down from their parents, was cut to their size. But most children--boys and girls alike-- wore "JongKraBaen" -- a long wide strip of cloth worn by both men and women with one end twisted and hitched between the legs) because it was comfortable for every move.