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

Malay customs which centre specially round the birth of children. Before the child is born the father has to ...

“In selecting timber for the uprights of a Malay house care must be taken to reject any log which is i ...

identical; the only difference being that in Selangor the woman is placed in the doorway (in the moonlight ...

ADOLESCENCE Of the purely Malay ceremonies performed at Adolescence, the most important are the “filing of the ...

the seven Representatives (orang waris)^38 in turn was sprinkling it with the ‘Neutralising Rice-paste’ (tĕpong ...

is generally turned upside down and left there; but if they are well-to-do, the locks are usually sent to ...

the lips from injury. Considerable interest attaches to the filing of the first tooth, on account of the ...

The “Batak” Malays (a Mid-Sumatran tribe, many of whom have settled in Kuala Langat) are said to chip t ...

with the common purificatory rite called tĕpong tawar, and with ayer tolak bala (lit. evil-dispelling wat ...

PERSONAL CEREMONIES AND CHARMS Ceremonies and charms for protecting or rendering the person more attractive or for ...

To rightly understand charms of the second class, which includes Bathing and Betel-charming charms,^49 we must ...

My countenance like the countenance of the Prophet Joseph, My brightness like the brightness of the Prophet Muhammad ...

BETROTHAL Betrothal is called tunangan or pinangan. When the parents of a marriageable youth perceive a ...

PLATE 8.—BETROTHAL GIFTS. Bird-shaped receptacles, formerly used for containing rice for presentation purpo ...

homes. The marriage portion being fixed (in Selangor) by an almost universal custom at two bharas of dollars ($ ...

The two square cloths resembling “D’oyleys” represent two different patterns of the gĕdĕbong, a cloth (in three ...

If one has not gold in one’s girdle, One must make over one’s person to begin with. A. If there are no ...

A. If the rim is not properly fitted to the rice-box,^74 Let us get saffron-rice and roast a fowl. If I canno ...

MARRIAGE When the term of betrothal is drawing to its close, a suitable day (which is frequently a Tuesda ...

are made of embossed gold or silver, and may easily cost as much as $150 each, or even more. The ma ...