Friday, February 25, 2011

Berawan taboos & beliefs



Sacred ground: The two belian poles called Lejeng where the coffin of Berawan chieftain Rejau was placed more than 200 years ago.


Don’t wear anything red, not even your underpants, when going out to the lake tomorrow. And also do not talk about anything unpleasant during the journey,”

“That tradition of coming to pray at the hill is vanishing. Although some older people still come,”

The spirits are in many different forms and shapes. I once saw them like round eyes which could fly,”

“We respected them and nothing bad happened to us. But we were frightened,”

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