Book
Life and customs: Malay amusements
Printed by J. E. Wallace at the F. M. S. Govt. Press • (3) • Published In 1925 • Pages: iii, 97
By: Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper, Part III of a series on Malay life and customs covers Malay amusements (games, dances, musical plays, gambling, cock fights and other animal combats) both in the past and as they are changing today. In the games now played by children the traces of former customs and beliefs are pointed out. Adult games such as chess are also discussed (the appendix includes a comparison of the Selangor and English rules). The training and care of fighting cocks as well as the actual staging of the fight and its rules are described.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Childhood activities
- Child care
- Games
- Spirits and gods
- Magic
- Numeration
- Verbal arts
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Ethnopsychology
- Literature
- Music
- Rest days and holidays
- Athletic sports
- Magic
- General sex restrictions
- Social control
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Dance
- Religious denominations
- Drama
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Malays
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- B. P. Emerson ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] R. J. Wilkinson
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Malays (Asian people)