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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/4
Title:: Farewell mantras to the dead
Scope & Content:: Mantras, incantations used by Basaih dignitaries to perform farewell rituals to the dead to send them back to their ancestors. 8 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; some last pages are lost; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 28.5cm x 15cm. The con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/5
Title:: Farewell rituals for ill-fated infants
Scope & Content:: Mantras, incantations and instructions for performing a farewell ritual to ill-fated infants to send them back to their ancestors. 10 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 30cm x 17.5cm. The condition of the manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/6
Title:: Poem on the encouragement of learning
Scope & Content:: A poem that encourages people to learn. 14 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 28cm x 15cm. 3 pages are blank (012, 013, 014). The condition of the manuscript is deteriorating.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 14 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/7
Title:: Thanks to Maduen dignitaries
Scope & Content:: House owner's thanks to Maduen dignitaries after the completion of Rija ceremony; incantations to prevent feelings of affection between a female Rija psychic and a Maduen dignitary. 8 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; some last pages are lost; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/8
Title:: Recognition of the residing positions of deities in the house for Rija ceremony
Scope & Content:: Instructions on how to recognize the positions of deities in a house where the Rija ceremony takes place. 10 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; some first pages are lost; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 30cm x 16.5cm. A page is blank (001). The...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/9
Title:: Body purification ritual, fortune telling, helping pregnant women
Scope & Content:: Prayers used by the shamans in a body purification ritual; instructions on fortune telling for illness; incantations to reduce the pain pregnant women suffer and help them give birth easily. 16 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 16 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/10
Title:: Maduen's incantations to keep composure
Scope & Content:: Incantations read by Maduen dignitaries to regain composure in a Rija ceremony. 4 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 28cm x 14cm. A page is blank (004). 2 pages are torn off (001, 002). The condition of the manus...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/11
Title:: The explanation of Malaysian words; prayers in Rija ceremony
Scope & Content:: The manuscript explains some words originating from Malaysia that are used in a Rija ceremony; the prayers used by Maduen dignitaries in a Rija ceremony. 4 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 25cm x 12.5cm. The co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/12
Title:: Promise to offer a ceremony to ancestors
Scope & Content:: The manuscript describes the promise of an offering ceremony to ancestors made in a Rija ceremony. 6 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 29cm x 15cm. The condition of the manuscript is deteriorating.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/13
Title:: The work for shamans
Scope & Content:: Incantations, offering mantras, charms used by Gru Urang to perform several rituals such as relieving one of misfortunes upon entering an deteriorating year; making a lucky amulet, amulet for women who are about to give birth, amulet for pregnant women; incantations to make the naive one become ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

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