Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Melenggang Perut



This is a ceremony practiced by the Malay community in the olden days. If you look into the detail of the ceremony, it is totally unIslamic. I think it has been practiced due to the influence of Hinduism and Animistic, before the arrival of Islam into the Malay peninsula.
It is quite interesting, to me.




I have heard about it but never really bother about the details and the significance of it, until last weekend. I thought it was just a method to determine the gender of a first born depending on where the coconut rolls once place on the belly of a 7-month-pregnant lady.




It is more than that. I suspect it has something to do with getting the blessing from the spirit for safe delivery of a first born. Offerings are included where pulut kuning is served.
There are various "ingredients" involved including 7 pieces of batiks.


What are the batiks for

For the midwife

Yeah but, why SEVEN

Oh.. those batiks are for the SEVEN midwives that YOU CANNOT SEE


Spooky !
Actually to think of it, this is so much similar to the culture in Bali, with the offerings and all..

2 comments:

Unknown said...

yup agreed..spooky

shemeq said...

pretty:
kepercayaan karut marut