Tunggal (large hoop earring)
is one of the distinctive ornaments of Manobo women. The earring is worn in a
series, the smallest hanging from the top of the ear and the biggest hanging
from the earlobe. Manobo men used to wear tunggals too, but they stopped due to
the influence of Christian migrants from Luzon and Visayas.
Suffering for the sake of beauty. Tunggals have caused
the ears of this Manobo woman to swell and be deformed.
Simple mechanism. The brass loop is inserted
through the hole in the ear. The two ends of the loop are then joined inside a
bead.
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