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CUMMERBUND

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 628 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUMMERBUND  , a

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girdle or waistbelt (
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Hindostani kamar-
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band, a
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loin-band) . In the
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East the principle of
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health is to keep the
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head cool and the
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stomach warm; the
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turban protects the one from the
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sun, and the cummerbund ensures the other against changes of temperature . In
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India the cummerbund consists of many folds of
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muslin or
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bright-coloured
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cloth .

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