dress- 91
ph# ^ 1 the wardress,' iri^w-hich 'tfai^pedang^otWord is suspended on 'the
lefffsife5 TKr'èeS Tcrises are usually'worn in the wajst^oii "these* o occasions,
one^oOfteach side and the other behind. Thesggo&sist of the Jeris which th’é'
wearer particularly ó&lMhis*'ó'wnj the- Ar;ts; which'has descended- to him frhm
his'j ahbestors,s and ‘ the t'^MwHich Ire'may have 'received 'oh'Ms marriage'
fr$h"ms*vHfeJs-faftfer. The latter is óftent-plaSed'Ió‘h the 1'eft side for -immediate
user** This dress is Worn -in going into thé 'field of- h^trtldr ®n'-Which
ocdasiohiif is the'cü^feórh tdapp^f'M the -richestittirëtheir meahs admit,-and'
to we'ar 4ne rings and’Afte '• othér • vml^hl^^^W^l.^5pr^trinlcetl* which1 thty
In the‘èoü.'rt1 1 thé 'shouldefs, arms,"' anda badyfdown!'-to the
waist, are-entirely‘bare ; fhëdrapery descendingJ £roöifthfe^loinsdownwards,”
cftêmrM, and what may fe®worn-on the Aheaa^’-bêinge the' only- co.vteiiftg.
When 3Jshbject,’"'^hate:vef''be his rank or'family,-,approaches-his.prince,' he
plust wèaftêJêelmü or pantalodns'Hjf) coloured silk or of l^hefeottoh, 'without
buttons;■1 andrinsfea'd'of-the jdriP or'ordinary cloth,'-he Jmusfc' wear thedódötj
a'pldt'lnwhich is bf-nearly-HduMe1 th^dimensions.ri^Ehjö is put on; h'ofWevter,''
-neaily in the same manner as the jdrity b u t soi as not' to-; d^cendt on the*
right side fhrther than just below the knee, while on the deft it falls in a ri'ch
drapery,1 üia'til* it-tgueh'éè 'thd&gfoiind in a point. > Th& saMc^oi-waistband
mustrtóe^f. -goldj l'ad4,^theifrin^e'4^.ehds- óf which usually hang' down a f&Wr*
m^Msfihnd tlfelparty musflraïyWear one hr is, - which is-tucMêdfin the waistband
on-the right ^side^béhind, while on the left-he wears-a weapon, or
r^^MMf)lemént;-'-calléd a’ iaédmg,^ in the "shape of a chopper^ together
with a small knifed indieative-of his readiness to cut down trees' and grass
at the'brdfefhf -his sovereign. On Ms head he must Wear a -peCipiat kind of
capHffiuluk), said to have-been introduced by the jSultan Pajang.infimitation
oft tffets duïhfe ap of the -Arabs ; it is made of fine cloth, an df/g^^r i whiter or
light bluer’ stiffened with!' rich*- starch : on more ordin'ary^-dccasidhsr 'and-
generally, except in full'dress, the chiefs prefer a cap ©fttbe- sapaeTorm
tna’de of black velvet, ornamented with'gold', and sometimes'^ diamond on
the-icrown. The part of the body which is left' uncovered' is generally
rubbed-over- with whitemfe yeUowVpoV'der." Thê sovereign himself iè’usually
habitèd in the same manner on state occasions*' his body - and'- arms being
covered with a bright yellow powder.' When womeh 'approach the sovereign,
besides -having their hair ornamented with diamonds and;flowers,- they-'must:
wear a' sémbong or sash round. the waist, which is- generally, of yellow silk
N 2 with