'Carita bitang mukawur': The story 'Star Mukawur'. Romanized transliteration by P. Voorhoeve, October 1972, 3ff., typescript, with an abstract in German (= L.Or.8447/106).

Reference No:
U DJA/2/154
Dates:
Oct 1972
Description:

The original is a bamboo segment, 9.3 x 10.3 cm, with 62 lines of text, inscribed in the r ncong script in South Sumatran Malay. (RM Ms.II AS 5018 (3025)). Connected with the dundang ceremony (compare DJA/2/36 and R 122). It is similar in form to juarian, and begins with a passage in blank verse:

'Ini tjarita bitang mukawur

Gumaratji bitang mukawur

Gugur madari dawun rangin

Kapalang tjaradi ki mas kondur'

Ends:

'Madundang di pitu langit

Salabar kapung pitjare

La djambu palu satitik

Satitik iring ba' ...

The manuscript is imperfect at the end.

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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)