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MARRIAGE, 
ed to the feast of the Rice new years day (Makan sulong t&hun.) On 
the morning the head of the family, having carefully wrapped his 
clothes round his whole person, (berslubong,) proceeds to the paddy 
with a tud (the instrument used for cutting paddy) and first repeats 
this invocation “ Smillahi aku mengambil smangat paddi jangan dibri 
sijo bri dingin aku mengambil budd bude pulang ka rnma aku.” 
(In the name of God. I take the spirit of the rice plant. Let it 
not cause cold, let it give coolness. I take the young, [paddy], away 
to my house.) He then cuts seven ears, and carries them to the 
house. He next orders some of his household to go to a different 
part of his field, and cut a considerable quantity of paddy. This is 
brought in, the grain trampled and rubbed out of the straw by the 
feet, husked, and cooked along with the food that has been collected 
on the preceding day. When the guests have feasted and are about 
to depart, eaeh of them receives a little of the new rice and food 
uncooked as a birkat or blessing. 
MARRIAGE. 
Marriages are not ordinarily made with the haste of the Tampui 
Feast. When a young man is desirous of marrying a girl, he tells his 
wishes to his father, who communicates with the father of the girl. 
If he agrees to the match, 4 or 8 silver or copper rings are presented 
to him, and a day is appointed for the marriage. When it arrives, 
the bridegroom is conducted by his parents and relatives to the bride’s 
house, where a large feast has been prepared. On entering, he pays 
his respects to the near relations of the bride. If the Batin does 
not reside at a great distance, he always attends, and presides at the 
ceremony. Siri and its usual accompaniments having been placed 
ready on a niru,—the bride takes a bundle, and presents it to the 
bridegroom, who presents another to her in return. The father of 
the bridegroom then addresses him, enjoining him to cherish his 
wife, to be kind to her, on no account to beat her or behave harshly 
to her, but, if he should ever be offended by her, to complain to her 
parents. The father of the bride lays a similar injunction upon her. 
The company a r e then feasted. The bride and bridegroom eat from 
