occasion of a festival. They do not here, as in some of the adjacent islands (of Nias in
particular), increase the aperture of the ear to a monstrous size, so as in many instances to be
large enough to admit the hand, the lower parts being stretched till they touch the shoulders.
Their ear-rings are mostly of gold filagree, and fastened, not with a clasp, but in the manner of
a rivet or nut screwed to the inner part.”—Marsden, Hist. of Sumatra (ed. 1811), p. 53. ↑
48
The formula (shahadat) used by the Mudim (tukang mĕmotong) runs as follows:—
“Ashahadun la-ilaha-illa-’llah wa ashahadun Muhammad al-Rasul Allah allahumma ajaʿlni
mina ’l-tawabina wa ajaʿlni mina ’l-matatahirrina.” ↑
49
Some of these charms are also Love-charms, vide App. clxv. ↑
50
Vide App. clxiii. ↑
51
Ibid. ↑
52
Ibid. ↑
53
Sa-hari bulan. ↑
54
Awan di-tulis. ↑
55
Bĕntok taji. ↑
56
Pauh di-layang. ↑
57
Kuntum mĕlor bĕlum kĕmbang. ↑
58
Ikal mayang. ↑
59
Jinjang. ↑
60
Gĕtak (kĕtak) tiga. ↑