Clothing (was Re: Translation Relay Update)

Well, the Kass=ED tend not to wear much clothing.  In fact, they only hav=
e
one word for clothing, _walit=ED_ (item of clothing), whose plural,
_waflit=ED_ is used for "clothing".  Generally, they only wear a loinclot=
h
to conceal the sexual organs.  However, what they normally do is _paint
themselves_, but only the free ones.  In theory, only the free/slave
distinction exists, no other class distinctions.  This holds true in
painting, everyone, from the poorest to the Chief Elder, uses the same
amount of paint, on most days, a design on the face and hands.  On
holidays, painting is much more elaborate.

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