Malay Magic _ Being an introduction to the - Walter William Skeat

OF THE RICE AFTER IT HAS BEEN TRANSPLANTED “8. Ten days after the young rice has been transplanted it recov ...

OF REAPING AND TAKING THE SOUL OF THE RICE “9. When one wishes to begin reaping the grain one must first have ...

together with the brasier. “When the rice is ripe all over, one must first take the ‘Soul’ out of all ...

the sun. Then you turn it in the winnowing basket, and clean it in the fanning machine, pound it to conv ...

I will now deal with the ceremonies indicated in the foregoing article from the ceremonial point of view ...

THE SOWING OF THE RICE-SEED The ceremony to be observed at the sowing of the rice-seed was thus described to ...

holes with a dibble of satambun wood, repeating the following charm:— “In the name of God, etc., Peace ...

THE PLANTING OUT OF THE YOUNG RICE The following account (by Mr. C. O. Blagden) of the ceremony of planting o ...

illustrating the wide dispersion of certain points of ritual, I will end these notes by giving a full de ...

side and south-west corner of the altar close to the ladder. “The Pawang, after assisting at these prelimin ...

ceremonials of some of the wild aboriginal tribes of Central India who have not been converted to Hinduism ...

THE REAPING CEREMONY On the 28th January 1897 I witnessed (at Chodoi, in the Kuala Langat district of Selang ...

A large iron nail. 13 to 15. Three Malay reaping instruments (pĕnuwei).^211 Close to the dulang stood a c ...

“raven” variety (tĕbu gagak) which, the Pawang explained, would have been used in preference if it had been ...

“Peace be with thee, O Prophet ’Tap! Lo, I plant this Sugar-cane For you to lean against, Since I am ab ...

Grant this, Joseph! Grant this, David! Grant me, from God (the opening of) all the doors of my daily bread ...

the ceremony came to an end. Moving on to another part of the field, the Pawang now cut the next seven ...

basket. Finally, the Pawang removed the sarongs which covered each basket and deposited them on the Rice-child’s ...

shadows fall upon the rice. (Yang mĕnuwei sampei habis mĕnuwei, tiada buleh mĕnindeh bayang.) The light ...

lĕkar jantan). A bowl of water deposited upon this stand and intended “for the Rice- soul (sĕmanga ...