If anyone interested to know about pisak radian,piup,bebayuh,pisak ayun, dakan, jerunei, tadal, kaul there is a book from Sarawak museum dedicated 100% for melanau "hidden" culture.
In the book you will find all lyrics in melanau about a lot of traditional ritual and spells.
The book title:
Sarawak Museum Journal LII, No 73 Special Monograph
No.9: The Oya Melanau: Traditional Ritual and Belief with a catalogue of belum carvings
December 1997
Number of pages: 388 Pages with Photos of all types of Dakan/ Belum Spirits like Naga Tellian, Jin tanak, Pontianak
Price: RM 20.00
How to buy:
You can buy the book at Sarawak Museum in Kuching
OR
You can give them a call and order the book. You will have to pay the postal fee. The Sarawak Museum will sent you a letter with payment instruction.
In the letter, the there is an invoice with your order number. You make your payment using a bank draft payable to Sarawak Museum.
Get the receipt of payment from the bank then return the invoice together with the receipt back to the Sarawak museum. After that the Sarawak museum will sent you the book. Easy right :)
This is the contact number of Sarawak Museum.
A list of other Journals can be found here.
Address
Sarawak Museum Department
Tun Abang Haji Openg Road
93566 Kuching
Sarawak, Malaysia.
Office
082 244 232
Fax
082 246 680
webmaster@museum.sarawak.gov.my
Inside the book
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| Table of Contents |
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| Bebayuh and Kaul Ritual |
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| Wedding and Funeral |
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| Catalogue of Melanau Sickness Image Dakan / Belum |
Written by Learn Melanau
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