OP THE MALAYS. 281 
*II1E MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
Tlie Malay historian of Malacca relates that after Saltan Ma- 
ham ad had embraced lalamism, he established many rules 
lor maintaining the dignity of the Malacca court, and defining 
its ceremonies and usages It was he who first made or¬ 
dinances respecting yellow things (kakumngan) prohibited. 
The people were not allowed to wear them, not even a hand- 
kerchief, nor were they allowed to make ot this colour frin¬ 
ges to the hangings of a room, or large pillow cases, or mat¬ 
tresses, or any envelope, or any kind of manufactured article, 
or house ornaments, or any thing else whatever, save sarongs, 
bajus and dustars t 
DRESS OF WOMEN. 
The women, in addition to the sarong, wear a baju similar to 
the baju ayit but reaching lower This is much used by the 
Malays of Singapore. In Malacca the baju Icorong is worn. 
It reaches to a little above the ankle. Its cuffs are fastened 
with buttons of gold and sometimes of diamonds It is ot 
black cotton cloth, but when in full dress this is exchanged tor 
a silk one of which the colour varies. The baju jipun is 
generally made of chintz and is open in front. It is fastened 
over the breast by two and occasionally three brooches, Zero • 
sang, in the form and material of which the wearers shew then 
wealth and taste. They are generally of gold, one being round, 
with flowers embossed ( bunga tauto) on the surface or cut m 
(bungapahat) the other, hrosang ati ati, shaped like the 
leaf of the ati ati plant, and also adorned with flowers. In- 
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