XVII. RICE CEREMONIES IN UPPER PERAK. 
By R. O. WINSTEDT. 
The following particulars were communicated ten years 
ago by a Pawang of Kampong Temengor. 
Sowing the Rice-Seed in the Nursery. 
The seed is washed and cleansed with limes the evening 
before and kept in the house for the night. Three lumps of 
yellow sweet rice, neutralising rice-paste and parched yellow 
rice and incense are prepared. 
On the afternoon of the next day when the sun is half 
padi akan bénch bagi aku. Harap-lah aku minta ptliharakan 
dart-pada sakalian mara dan bahaya-nya. 
‘Greetings be to thee, God’s prophet Solomon, king of 
all the earth! I would sow seed rice. I pray thee cherish 
it from all danger and hazard.’’ 
Thereafter he dibbles seven holes :— 
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These seven holes are fenced in a separate Square fence. 
All other holes are dibbled outside the fence. 
The Pawang takes a handful of seed-rice, and going to 
the first hole cries :— 
A’s-salam alaikum / 
Hai Nabi Allah Sulaiman, raja sakalian bumi / 
A’s-salam alaikum, 
Hai jin tanah ! jémbalang bumi / 
4’s-salam alaikum, 
Hai bapa-ku langit / 
A’s-salam alaikum 
Hai ibu-ku bumi / 
A’s-salam alaikum 
Hai bapa kawal / ibu kawal! 
Aku ’nak kirim anak-ku, anak Maharaja Chahaya, 
pada ibu-nya ; 
Aku suroh bérlayar ka-laut hitam, ka-laut hijau, ka- 
laut biru dan ut ungu / 
