FIG. 2. PAUH JANGGI AND CRAB.The Pauh Janggi or coco-de-mer, used by ’Che ʿAbas in the shadow-play. At the foot of it is
seen the gigantic crab which is believed to be the cause of the tides.Page 516.The puppets for these shadow-plays are usually cut out of deer-skin (not buffalo
hide) and it is worth remarking that they are all considered to be more or less
animated; a stringent propitiatory ceremony has to be performed in their honour,
incense being burnt and rice scattered about, just as in the Ma’yong ceremony
already described.
The present writer, while in Selangor, bought from a Kelantan Malay named