PLATE 15.—WEDDING CENTREPIECE, WITH DRAGONS ETC.Set piece used at a Malay wedding, and presented to the author afterwards. It represents two
dragons issuing from caves in opposite hills into a lake, in which they are fighting. On the tree-
tops are to be seen the fabulous birds the roc (garuda), the jintayu (a fabulous vulture), and the
walimana (a harpy). Page 388.I will now give accounts of two Malay weddings which took place at Klang:
both accounts were composed by respectable Malays, the first one being
translated by Mr. Douglas Campbell of Selangor, and the second by the present
writer:—
“The following account of the ceremonies connected with the marriage of Siti
Meriam, a daughter of the Orang Kaya Badu,^94 of Selangor, to Wan Mahamed
Esa, a son of Datoh Mentri^95 Ibrahim of Perak, has been furnished by a Malay
contributor, Haji Karrim, and in translating it into English an endeavour has been
made to follow, as far as possible, the style of the native writer.
“On Monday, the 1st of August, the house was prepared and the hangings and
curtains put up, and on that evening the ceremony of dyeing the fingers of the
bridegroom with henna was performed for the first time. Then there were