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External appearance is more strictly regarded among the Bisayans than by the Bicols and Tagalogs.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

Fray Juan de Medina, of Sevilla, missionary to the Bisayans.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

Beside these they had certain idols inherited from their ancestors, which the Tagalas called Anita, and the Bisayans, Divata.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

From this stock we may also derive the Malays of Sumatra and Java, of Borneo and Celebes, and the Tagals and Bisayans of the Philippine Islands.

From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward

The Tagáls wore black as a sign of mourning; the Bisayans wore white, and shaved the head and eyebrows.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various

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