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Disturbed by the noises below, i peeked out of the window. I was taken aback by the assortment of props which were unusual and gave me the creeps. Take for example, a man-made animal head attached to a skin, somewhat like that of a tiger. Curious with whatever was going on downstairs, i looked on.

One of the men donned in casual wear held on to what people called, the herbal instant sambrani, which emitted a fragrant scent. He walked around the abovementioned prop but unfortunately, rain followed.

By the time my family was done with lunch, the rain had stopped. We stood by the window and watched the rituals. Accompanied by the monotonous music, which sounded like those in a taoist ritual, eight men, all clad in black, slinged the hard wooden cardboard horses, painted with a mixture of black, yellow, red and white over them. As for the ladies, they smeared some red and black eye shadow, which made them look demonic.

They danced to the beat of the music and upon taking in the scent from the sambrani, they behaved like animals. With what seemed as if they were possessed. Running around like mad horses, they constantly dipped their heads into the pails of water, stepped on shattered pieces of broken glass, ate flowers, fruits, glass and even ripped off the husk of the coconut using their bare teeth. In addition, the more extreme ones banged their heads against lamp posts and signboards.

There was this other guy who would be whipping them with a horse whip. Each lashing was thunderous. And this went on for an hour or so before he subdued all of them.

One of the onlookers even video-ed it midway through the second ritual. A total of three rituals were carried out from late morning till the evening. [Deprived me of my afternoon nap. >.<]

Nevertheless, it was something unusual, something which people don't really get to see in their everyday lives.

Somehow, i thought that was all fake. They didn't seem to be really possessed, neither were they convincing in their acts. Perhaps i do not understand their culture well enough to criticise. But to me, the actions carried out by them were too exaggerating to the extent that they were merely inflicting pain on themselves rather than being convincing.




	Sunday, August 12, 2007 Malay Ritual Disturbed by the noises below, i peeked out of the window. I was taken aback by the assortment of props which were unusual and gave me the creeps. Take for example, a man-made animal head attached to a skin, somewhat like that of a tiger. Curious with whatever was going on downstairs, i looked on. One of the men donned in casual wear held on to what people called, the herbal instant sambrani, which emitted a fragrant scent. He walked around the abovementioned prop but unfortunately, rain followed. By the time my family was done with lunch, the rain had stopped. We stood by the window and watched the rituals. Accompanied by the monotonous music, which sounded like those in a taoist ritual, eight men, all clad in black, slinged the hard wooden cardboard horses, painted with a mixture of black, yellow, red and white over them. As for the ladies, they smeared some red and black eye shadow, which made them look demonic. They danced to the beat of the music and upon taking in the scent from the sambrani, they behaved like animals. With what seemed as if they were possessed. Running around like mad horses, they constantly dipped their heads into the pails of water, stepped on shattered pieces of broken glass, ate flowers, fruits, glass and even ripped off the husk of the coconut using their bare teeth. In addition, the more extreme ones banged their heads against lamp posts and signboards. There was this other guy who would be whipping them with a horse whip. Each lashing was thunderous. And this went on for an hour or so before he subdued all of them. One of the onlookers even video-ed it midway through the second ritual. A total of three rituals were carried out from late morning till the evening. [Deprived me of my afternoon nap. >.<] Nevertheless, it was something unusual, something which people don't really get to see in their everyday lives. Somehow, i thought that was all fake. They didn't seem to be really possessed, neither were they convincing in their acts. Perhaps i do not understand their culture well enough to criticise. But to me, the actions carried out by them were too exaggerating to the extent that they were merely inflicting pain on themselves rather than being convincing. Posted by Lynette at 10:16 PM		Me Lynette Lee Capricorn NTU (NBS) Loves Family Friends Food Tennis Wishes Healthy family and friends Do voluntary work More clothes and shoes! Chat Past September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 Dar'links Links Baoyi Dave Dezhi Dickson Edison Elaine Erwin Huiling Jocelyn Leonard Mingyang Pamela Qiqi Sinned Stephie Teresa Weisiong Yizhen My New Blog Friend credits Designer Eric Sim Pictures Foto Decadent Brushes and Textures Hybrid Genesis, Misprinted- Type, and Eric Sim Pattern Squidfingers