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

and pressing downwards with it, worked it round to the left and back again repeatedly whilst he recited th ...

PLATE 21.—MASKS OF CLOWNS AND DEMON. Theatrical masks used by Malay strolling players. The two masks at e ...

open; across this opening a white sheet is stretched on which the shadows of the puppets are thrown and seen ...

scenes. “The following is a specimen:— “An old man appears weeping for a long-lost son, and moves to and fro f ...

PLATE 23.—FIG. 1. HANUMAN. Hanuman, the monkey-god, used by ’Che ʿAbas in the shadow-play of S’ri Rama ...

FIG. 2. PAUH JANGGI AND CRAB. The Pauh Janggi or coco-de-mer, used by ’Che ʿAbas in the shadow-play. ...

’Che ʿAbas, a performer of shadow-plays, his entire stock-in-trade, including not only his musical instruments ...

ayam; but not gĕndang, rĕbab, or gong. Bun, Sendrong, Dewa Matahari. 3 Ma’yong (Siam). Rĕbab (yang bĕtuah), gĕndang (2), go ...

4 Wayang Kun (Siam). Gong, gĕndang, kromong, anak ayam, b’reng- b’reng, gambang dua-b’las, sĕrunei; but not cherek or ...

Mĕndu. in some performances to enable performers impersonating Dewas, etc. to fly. 7 Mĕndu (Pontianak). Gĕndang (dul), g ...

the stories are Javanese, Malay, Siamese and Chinese]. nationality represented. Jarang K’lena, Misa Perbu Jaya, Misa Kiamang, ...

WAR AND WEAPONS Such charms as might be used in time of war, or in case of danger from wild beast ...

and if you do not succeed in turning it the first time, you can try again at the next full moon, and so on up ...

mĕlintang. Cannon (mĕriam) = batang kabu-kabu (lit. cotton-tree trunk), or batang buloh (lit. trunk of bamboo ...

take place. Then Tan Saban died, and was buried with all the honours due to a Malay chief.”^199 The national ...

“If the kris (called Tuah) have the pamur kutilang, or the bird’s-eye damask, at its point and stem, it becom ...

the damask will have risen to the surface; take the composition off, and immerse the blade in the water ...

are observed to this day, against a person of inferior birth wearing a kris ornamented with gold.”^206 ...

must obey his orders. He then with the thumb and first two fingers of his right hand proceeds to gently ...

DIVINATION AND THE BLACK ART ...