. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. peals of Woo-as! proceeding from acrowd collected near the house of the newly married pair,whence shortly, amid vociferous cheering, the bridegroomappeared, wearing on his head the cap of a Vice-chief of themarga, dressed in a sarong suspended by a gold-buckled belt,his body otherwise bare save for a sash-like cloth across hischest. By his side he wore a gold-handled kriss, and carriedin his right hand a be-flagged lance with its tip sheathed—the wedding staff. Over his head one of
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. peals of Woo-as! proceeding from acrowd collected near the house of the newly married pair,whence shortly, amid vociferous cheering, the bridegroomappeared, wearing on his head the cap of a Vice-chief of themarga, dressed in a sarong suspended by a gold-buckled belt,his body otherwise bare save for a sash-like cloth across hischest. By his side he wore a gold-handled kriss, and carriedin his right hand a be-flagged lance with its tip sheathed—the wedding staff. Over his head one of his young men held awhite umbrella, another carried his siri-box, while a drum andseveral gongs played in advance of the procession. A littlebehind him came the bride weeping, in a purple silk badjo anda red petticoat worked with thread of gold, attended by allthe maidens of the village, some of whom performed for herthe same offices as the young men did for her husband. Theprocessions wended their way to the river, where both the brideand the bridegroom were bathed by their respective attendants, IT Jm\. 11 / IN SUMATRA. 219 after which they returned, preceded by an old female relativeof the bridegroom, who spread cloths before them all the wajto a spot in the centre of the village. Here a couple of matsa little distance apart, had been placed, on the one of whichthe bridegroom and his relatives, and on the other the brideand hers, seated themselves, each with their umbrella andsiri-box before them. During the intervals of music thatattended the ceremony, the youths of the bridegrooms partypelted, as if slily and clandestinely, with handfuls of yellowedrice the bride and her attendant maidens, who returnedthe compliment, while the fowls were enticed to pick up thegrains that fell on the ground. This was supposed to be aninvocation to the Dewa to bless the union and grant sufficientfood, with at least a superabundance for the fowls to pickup. The old relative made various inq
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