. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . butin the andan ceremony the shorter hairs arecombed forwards and sha\-ed off to thedepth of one fingers breadth. Next even-ing the bridegroom is escorted to the brideshouse by a body of his friends, and at thethreshold is met by the brides relatives ;after a good deal of ceremonial cross-questioning and recitations, the bridegroom,who meanwhile has been hidden behind liisfriends, steps forward and enters the bride is awaiting him in the inner roomof the house, and the bridegroom take
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . butin the andan ceremony the shorter hairs arecombed forwards and sha\-ed off to thedepth of one fingers breadth. Next even-ing the bridegroom is escorted to the brideshouse by a body of his friends, and at thethreshold is met by the brides relatives ;after a good deal of ceremonial cross-questioning and recitations, the bridegroom,who meanwhile has been hidden behind liisfriends, steps forward and enters the bride is awaiting him in the inner roomof the house, and the bridegroom takes hisseat beside her on a mattress covered withcloth and finely woven mats. The maiden issupposed to be so bashful that her face isconstantly concealed from view by a fanheld by an ancient mistress of the gives now a token of wifely obediencein the form of a long obeisance before herhusband, who thereupon hands to her asmall present of money. The wedding-guests and fellow-villagers,who during all this time have beengaping with open-mouthed interest at the i66 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS. Photog^raph by G. La7/tderi, Singapore. BATTAK WOMAN (SUMATRA)Carrying water vessels of bamboo. Note the ornaments in the upper part of the ear. proceedings, are then served with a feast inthe outer verandah of the house, whilst theyoung couple partake of a meal out of acommon dish in the inner room. After themeal both are smeared behind the ears withglutinous rice, the idea of this ceremony be-ing to confirm them in well-being and toward off evil influences. Throughout the Malay Archipelago happi-ness and goodness are associated withcoolness, evil with heat, and under manycircumstances heat, which is synonymouswith evil, is averted by cooling the objector individual likely to be subjected to it with libations of water, or anointings withclay, or a peculiar glutinous rice. Towards morning the bridegroom leavesthe house and returns to his onnti home ;he is not permitted to share the couc
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