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Speech at the ceremonial haircutting of a young child. .T. Dussek

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Speech at the ceremonial haircutting of a young child. .T. Dussek

This is a short note by O. T. Dussek, published in JSBRAS Vol. 76 (1917), presenting a Malay speech for the ceremonial haircutting of a young child, accompanied by an English translation (pp. 127–131).

Summary

The document records a speech titled “ĒNDUI” (Uchapan mēnchukur budak kēchil), a formal utterance used at the ritual of a child’s first ceremonial haircutting. The text is presented in Malay with a parallel English translation, documenting the traditional words spoken for this rite of passage (pp. 127–131).

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