The mountainous region of Central Cordillera in northern Luzon is home to a large number of indigenous communities, and the men of the Ifugao tribe there traiditionally wear a loincloth called an "abag". The carving of ancestral and religious figures, while today most prevalent among Ifugao men, was previously a practise shared by all communities of the Central Cordilleran mountain range. Textiles, on the other hand, are woven exclusively by women using backstrap looms. The basic dress for men across the Cordillera region consists of a loincloth that is sometimes complemented with a jacket. The loincloth is usually threaded once through the legs and wrapped around the waist, where it is gathered and folded to leave a section of the beaded decoration visible at the front and back of the wearer.