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is singularly repulsive. The most important of the 

 puppets is the black Sema or Dewa Sang Tunggal ; he 

 is always, and perhaps exclusively, used by the homor 

 berhagihi most of the others being brought on only in the 

 last night's performance. The yellow dewa are : BStara 

 IkSrma Jaya, Radin Inu (the *' hero prince and Sang 

 Sfeohong or B^tara Guru (Siva as the supreme teacher) ; 

 the black and moi'e important ones are : the SSma or 

 Sang Tunggal referred to above, Betara Narada, 

 Narada Truas, and BStara Kala, who is Siva the de- 

 stroyer. Sang Tunggal, Narada Traas, and Radin Inu 

 only are brought out during the prehminary per- 

 formance. 



The ground work of mai7i berhagih is similar to that 

 of main piteri; but it is played in the sick man's house, 

 which is not decorated for the occasion, and no music is 

 employed. There are three performers : the chief, ie., 

 the To* Bomor Berhagih, is called OraTig Lupa, or the 

 ** man who forgets " ; his right-hand man, who corre- 

 sponds to the To' Mindoh or the " fiddler " in main 

 petiri, is known as the To' Dalam, or the " Lord of the 

 Interior " ; w*hile another man, called the pengaiengf 

 assists generally and sprinkles water over his chief. The 

 honorarium to the chief performer in main h^hagik 

 consists of a plate containing rice, with two dollars and 

 fifteen cenfs and a skein of white thread ; a saucer 

 containing yellow cooked rice and a boiled hen's egg is 

 placed on the top of the plate. The sacrificial offering 

 to the spirits consists of yellow cooked rice, a pancake, 

 parched rice, a quid of betel, a cup of cold water, and a 

 beeswax candle, which are placed on a brass salver. 

 The brass pedestal tray and the plate are placed near 

 the To' Dalam and the pmigateng, who sit together. 

 The Orang Lupa sits in front of them with a plate of 

 yellow rice, a plateful of toasted rice, a candle, a cupful 



