payment ; to: the jjQd/öwg\_who., ownsc'a i sefctnfl wayangs?, ancbbrings bis owii
^OTefcfwiplayeÈSj'risJïoiiijtwp^foithEeéfdollaTs.sfêE the nighfj-skutithe^KS-ohles
and ehiefssgenèrally.have several sets\'ofi.wdji/:angsbo£ their.! own, ;andinksep.a
htdlcmgj dn uth ein isepaigcgjoni
'7 «Another repfeesetd^tion of. this nature is. tliat-of the.adventures*Et>f»^T®*®'
Jing’ga .' and I}dmar^Wu!aM,j'wiiich',a.re exhibited, but not ,yér.y:commonly1,
by.dnqaasiof drawings on- foldedileay.es -qfjflrong'paper,awhile ■43^-£$$g^g>
r.ënèaMsthb#sWyi and,' jfiiMiishps. dialogue fottheccbaracters. t ■; Th is. is dptm fe d
*mayang] 'béber.1 i Anfi'e^.teïtainment «of a similar. 1 description,
aecompanied-by the exhihition'of figures, .is,termed trêbang!it.was indented
in the tixnej^F^t-he^lcingdom: ofjDémaJc. The )^bry^S'taJftdn€rp.mj1the ,Atabic
account of !MegmTdaiAnibia, which being ^ekd^ediinto Jayapj/isj reputed
byl^e-Ëplamg',-. whp'jwith. a small drum^bef^e.ihimiiantbaf^f^pan^^-by
thh ibusicio£^g'g:«weZaW,' giv.eS'-sgirit.to the different,part's, by beating fpgk.
withebisdiand, and varying the'strength .o^lhe.souigdi^.^nig'iCiiesSi of ittme
according ,-to the subject. . Tlseseitwo' latter late^jcsf c.ompar ativ efyomodem
iniéntipn, ^and not mucly ^fe^töèdr.
; ::.The -;dance ’* with the Javans, as with' TAsiatifcs lid fgen,eriftlyi'rcons'ists. in
graceful Attitudes of. the body, and in the slmtftgtoy^fiifi^the arms tand
legs, .particularly’of.-the-former, even--.to the'.distinct motion, of^heql?and
and- fingers.- t-
, ’O f the! dancingrgirls:who exhibit at public-’ ëntertainmerits^ithe first in
rank 'and the. most skilful irri.their jprofession are th^e^cubirjes^^i^he
Sovereign' and of the hereditary prince; ii-Tbey-alone .are allowed tQ.^perform
sirdmj)i,c- sr figure, dance by Tour persons, distinguished byi .an «unusual
degree'' of- grace: and: decorum.''. j
CvThe';dancers 'are fledorated' according to . the anfeiehtiCpstumo
try,’ and nearly in the*same.manner as a modern.bride.7;:The>ï'?JpA,-_or petticoat,'
is! of silk of ;different: colours^' often ! greën. stampédiwijthti golden
flowers^'and hanging in the most graceful manner} ■ a part of it Tailing
between the feet and. serving-as. a short.train, which in the course.-.pfjthe
' daricë&fsTrequëntly thrown asidefby a quicker motion- of’theyfootntïlinjprlli-
nary/i'-The.- udaf, -Otvwaistbdnd,' .is jof the cKindk pattern j 1 and. onr these
occasions? is worn!tKd of cestus1,' composed, óf; plates'of igoldihighly
ornamented with diamondsat th e ; clasp dhofroriti.■; The-body is, enclosed in
a kind of-corset QpenidkaK) passing above the bosom andunder the arms, and
confining the waist in the narrowest possible limits. The ends of the sém-
L- bong,
bong, ops^h^falljfgracefully’■ dflK each ’ si detyo^thfe' back of the hip and reach
tk&ground. .gSn'irihf.imey:;*^ to 'thé' dress is
t a u g h t frqra'theih^c^CT^'*poitf1?1^fwreèU(^Éhrea.stó, wheiïGê'being fas-
WVjed in g> meaW r ówf thwajriK the"grorfifd in frdhfibf 'the persoh,
t^e - u s u ^ ^ d x ^ ^ ^ tp d e ; distinct
-ftpW'®^^hf^he':'apparel; chased 'afrnlèts,
tiaraJ/arc'':^PggS sfiïddjé'd^witfi7 ptemöhs ^sto^ê^ j and ih e
Jiaij?isigfeeefpllyTorhamërite'döwith buds' ó f wtó|«p and1^'Wé’ftscented^flowers1.
Omth^aingefsrfehey* generally display temia.qtTrings, - andrf tp^fa'ce,^ neck,
&öttldersfi and. -art#, fwhi'6h^^aiöd->u^)^'e^.arê ^by ^at délicate
shade;of yellowfpWdefhJöThelmusic isMo^:and)solemn, 'and the perform.
t,agYfp. Is 'nnflhn^gdmgZiOT 'the r rdes’-
c rip ti^ o f the'attire and, beantyvof Me wiyéjs anJ'^piip1|Bli!n<es’>!5f ‘ th'at hero,
being chadn5||b,!as; a- .prd l l i td.'@e''enfertain-Ment' and' 'Hufiny‘its’ conti-
' nuance.J 'Qn iocgasionS’^hM tth e are- 'epdiibiteJt bèfof'é Europeans at
Th^Rdsidencyf house? » they^a^biou'ght with great- carê, and ’under -a guard,
fromüihey&JSton? iniLaföJaigecfenc^ösedltpalanqmn,' o#(i fatlier-ibb^, -Bofne on
nien’sisbouiders. > rWhen ilhey reach tha,;l!cSif föf' th'ef féêMericy,'1 fhey^glïdê
bêhind .thg^.prin!pë - into theccfeamber appropriated«Tót his'accoiumodatidn,
and wlien e|^6fdoméJSfe^thïtft>r-r the . danceVd'Se#!' ^m|elvegs-|On ?Jhe
-ground in ;fro n ti!b ^ ^« | On .his^intithatbig 'that they 'should ^ceip^aericej
S d s d slowly,. andftp^hei'.sowd.':of;,gitó^rjipl<^^theindi%n(l^pïan'd 'raising
'tiem Ibendy,in reverential extending
jtheir'arms! and swayingjiff unföon .with ®ch’tOther from 'gn|e£ tó" side^ assume
* aruere^pósturé. a .The da-hcerstseldom'exceed the, age 'of fourteen oT fiftèen;
The birth of;,a-'child i generally; puts, an end to! their 'performances,'and
^iêmoves them'frbm'lthelprofessión. - They. aret the choicest, b^eautiqlfbf- the
■'c$ibtryy A'elèc^ed. ï>ed^'. Throughout .the’rv^ple 'performance'
tjieir:!eyes ; afe\ idirebted i.&od^tfy^to thb -gioun'd, and.jhpir'bpdy' and limbs
are .by stow movements-thrown ^Ttofeve^^i^dfulraftitudgithat the "most
flexible) form is capable'jofc exhibiting. In .’■$£' %um of the dance' they
o'cdasionally approach and recede from each' other/ andcsometimes ccrosS to
opposite side.". .It'ffèquenfly happèns, .that thé-delicate corset by falling’
tob'JlóVt, exposes more.Oof.the 'body than is considered correct.',/-On suck
1 occasions,^pne /of .tfle trusty matrons always;.in attendancè raises.it again,
Without "interrupting theldance..or; embarrassing' the movements?..óf the
dancer. At the, ppneiusion of the dance they gradually place themselves
on