'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.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)