Physical Appearance and Dress

Traditional attire for Gaddang women includes the tapis, a lengthly piece of cotton cloth wound around the waistline down to he knees, and a long sleeved, round-necked collarless and waist-length blouse. The cloth used for these costumes are woven by the women themselves from homegrown cotton, and dyed in bright natural colors. In olden days, Gaddang women did not have upper garments except during feast days. The traditional costume for the Gaddang male is the G-string. The G-string is held by a girdle, whose flap is weighted on the hem by beaded tassles. An upper collarless, short garment may also be worn, together with headkerchiefs. Today, most Gaddang use skirts, trousers, and dress for everyday wear and reserve the traditional attire for ceremonies and other formal occasions.
The Gaddang are distinguished for having elevated beadwork to an art form. Unique among northern Luzon communities, the Gaddang are lavish with their use of beadwork. Gaddang women are fond of wearing seed beads around their heads, necklaces, and wrists, but glass beads and precious stones are especially priced. Their arms are never without ginadding or ginalmaddan, bracelets made of beads and copper respectively. Their headbands are called atifulan and their combs lagod, which are also lavishly tasseled and beaded. Exquisite beadwork are also trademarks of the Gaddang textiles. Most ceremonial garments have beaded seams and the front flaps of male G-strings as well as male kerchiefs and shirts may display intricate beadwork. 
Tattooing is common to both men and women, with designs imprinted on their arms, legs, and fingers. The men have theirs on the breast. Being tattooed assures them passage to heaven. They used a sharp knife to cut the frontal hair about an inch above the eyebrows and continuing in a straight line back along each temple and terminating in the region above each ear. This kept the side locks from hanging down to the face, yet permitting the long strands at the back to fall down the shoulders.

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