 Women wore tube dresses made of two to three mats stitched together and tied at the shoulder or belted at the waist, often in combination with a bandeau style top of woven "mahampy" reeds.Men wore beaten bark cloth loincloths with jackets or tunics formed from stitched woven mats; older men's clothing included sleeves.The wearing of charms is common among the Bara, as elsewhere in Madagascar; charms called "tsimokotra" were historically crafted from the bones of lemurs' feet to relieve fatigue.