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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/6
Title:: Meaning of Bani prayers, funeral rituals
Scope & Content:: The manuscript explains the origin of some Bani prayers. Other parts include mantras used for funeral rituals such as the buffalo offering ritual (samalaih kabaw), offering water to the dead (brei aia). 96 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Cham ink on Chinese pa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 100 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/7
Title:: Prayers and rituals for the dead of the Cham Bani
Scope & Content:: Mantras for rituals performed for the dead in Bani religion. 76 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Cham ink on Chinese paper which is sticked doubly; Akhar Thrah and Arabic script. Size: 14.7cm x 14cm. The condition of the manuscript is deteriorating.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 80 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/12
Title:: House purification
Scope & Content:: Instructions for inviting Po Acar monks to perform offering ceremonies to purify a house when some taboo animals enter, release themselves, or die in a house (For example: when deers or snakes enter a house, chickens lay eggs inside a house, dogs get on beds.). 20 pages. Cham manuscript bound ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 22 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/7
Title:: Rituals for ill fated deaths
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang to perform rituals for those who die ill-fated deaths such as death by being crushed by a tree, bitten by a tiger, by fire, charged to death by a buffalo. 42 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; covered by Chinese paper; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper; Ak...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 46 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/12
Title:: Purification mantras for the ill-fated deaths
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang to perform purification ceremonies to relieve one from misfortuness; to perform rituals for the ill-fated deaths (such as accidental deaths from snakebites, tiger attacks, hanging, being stabbed, being crushed by a tree, drowning.). 50 pages. Cham manuscript bound by ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 54 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/4
Title:: Calendar calculation, funeral rituals, talismans
Scope & Content:: Instructions for calendar calculation; mantras to stop evils in funerals; talismans to relieve a village from misfortunes. 72 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 19cm x 12.5cm. A page is blank ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 76 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/5
Title:: Purification ceremony, fortune telling, calendar calculation, medicine
Scope & Content:: Instructions for Cham calendar calculation; incantations to prevent the apparition of the ill-fated dead from harming other family's members; about age compatibility between husband and wife; fortune telling to find lost assets; some secret medicine used by shamans. 132 pages. Cham manuscript ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 136 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/2
Title:: The works of shamans
Scope & Content:: The works of Gru Urang shamans. Rituals performed on land that used to be a graveyard; purification rituals for buffaloes and people; finding the proper zodiac hours, days, months; learning about the zodiac animals; incantations to neutralize magic spells. 82 pages. Cham manuscript; covered by...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 86 TIFF images

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

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