Container Reference (shelfmark): EAP1005/29 / Subject: Construction / Digitised Content: Yes (available) - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1005/29 Subject Construction Digitised Content Yes (available)

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/9
Title:: House construction, incantations for seagoing
Scope & Content:: Instructions for constructing a house in the traditional style and the rituals performed during the construction. Other parts include incantations for healing, incantations used when encountering big waves on the sea. 196 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Chines...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 200 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/10
Title:: Matras for shamans
Scope & Content:: Mantras, incantations, charms used by Gru Urang shamans to perform rituals for different purposes, such as to remove termite nests from farm land (mak katuec), to arrange stones when making a kitchen (padeng batuw ging), for the openning of a new ditch (pakak pabah rabaong), for the new dam offe...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 60 TIFF images

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