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

it is only the big pillows that are of importance,^76 and the people are allowed to use as few or as many small ...

rod (buluh sangkutkan kain). This rod terminates at each extremity in an ornamental piece of scroll-work (sulo ...

earthenware bowl (pĕnchedok ayer or batil) which is used for scooping up water from the water-jar, and wh ...

PLATE 11.—FIG. 1. BRIDAL BOUQUETS. Bridal bouquets of artificial flowers and betel-leaves carried by bride an ...

FIG. 2. THE HENNA CAKE, ETC. Three models of wedding apparatus: the one on the left represents the “henna cak ...

are supposed to “hide themselves” when there is company, their place being taken by more staid duenna ...

together before the breast in an attitude of prayer; the guest replies by a similar action, and the ceremony ...

PLATE 12.—FIG. 1. BRIDEGROOM’S HEAD-DRESS. Head-dress worn by the bridegroom at the ceremony of the hari ...

FIG. 2. PILLOW-ENDS. Patterns used for decorating the ends of the wedding pillows. Page 378. The bride’s hair ...

generally made of “flowered satin” (siten bĕrbunga) in the case of the rich, or of cloth dyed red with ...

whilst on the end of each twig is stuck one of the coloured eggs (tĕlor joran), an artificial flower, and a ...

PLATE 13.—WEDDING PROCESSION. Model, showing a wedding procession arriving at the bride’s house, the bridegroom bein ...

(or, at a royal wedding, ambor-ambor—i.e. clippings from a thin sheet of silver or gold which a ...

father, “I wed you, A., to B., daughter of C., for a portion of two bharas.” To this the bridegroom has to r ...

years (reduced to forty-four days in the case of “royalty”), after which he may be allowed to remove to a ...

manufactured from joints of bamboo, and called panah ayer, or “water-bows.” A set of similar objects (including ...

water spouted. The steps were completely lined with women, of whom there must have been an immens ...

PLATE 15.—WEDDING CENTREPIECE, WITH DRAGONS ETC. Set piece used at a Malay wedding, and presented to the ...

readings from the Korān, with much beating of drums and kettledrums and Malay dances, and when this had ...

seated in an open carriage with a groom’sman on each side of him, while one, carrying the Royal ...