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The honior 'piteri now sits on the white mat f acmg the 

 To' MiThdoht smeai's coco-nut oil on his hands, body 

 and head, and covers himself up in a yellow or other 

 coloured shawl •. he puts the brazier with the bui'nmg 

 incense in front of him and mumbles some words that 

 cannot be heard, calling on the good spirit that is 

 subsequently to help him, i.e., the penggawa or control 

 spirit : he is in a state of anmesia and is known now as 

 the Orang Lupa, literally the " man who forgets " ; for 

 all intents and purposes he has become a p^t^ spuit. 

 The To* Mindok then commences to fiddle briskly 

 preparatory to singing his second song, which is called 

 the Gerak Orany Lupa. His idea is to put some life into 

 the ** man who forgets " and to quicken the callhig up 

 of the control spirit. The band plays furiously with 

 this object in view. 



Tee Bestirrinq Song op the To' Mindok. 



First the King {Peieri) lay sleeping upon a small bed. 

 Then he got up, took a small kettle and washed his face, 

 Took a veil and faced the setting siin. 

 Reciting the profession of Muslim faith. 

 Praising God and praying to the Prophet, 

 After praying to the Prophet, 



He sat down cross-legged and reached out for a smali betel 

 box. 



Chewed betel twice or thrice then ceased, 



Then he took a small box of mother-of-pearl, 



Took a cloth of shot silk from Sind, 



And donned it as a sash above his shoulder, 



Wearing also a yellow fljing coat of the Dewas, 



The coat fitted closely to his tender skin, 



He took the (?) golden oil and smeared it on his hair, 



Then he faced a burning censer : — - 



I want to rouse the original King and the old-time Dewa, 

 Sulong Nurdin leader of the King's procession, 

 Snlong Sayang leader of the Dewa's procession, 

 Snlong G§tar leader of the warrior's procession, 

 Sulong Taman Sari leader of the Jin's procesijion, 

 I want to rouae a Bang of the Mountains, a Dewa of 

 Heaven I 



