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Friday, February 10, 2017

The Mah Meri’s ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual

PHOTO ESSAY The Malaysian indigenous Mah Meri community in Pulau Carey have a thanksgiving ritual prayer to the spirits of the seas called 'Puja Pantai'.
Women of the Mah Meri tribe wearing a traditional cloth before they start performing prayers on the beach as they offer a prayer to the sea at Pulau Carey (above).
2. Members of the Mah Meri tribe walk towards the beach for their ‘Puja Pantai’ - a thanksgiving ritual to appease the spirits of the seas.
3. A shrine erected for the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual at a beach in Pulau Carey. In the background is the Straits of Malacca which is one of the busiest straits in the world.
4. Members of the Mah Meri tribe and tourists waiting near the beach for low tide in Carey Island.
5. Members of the Mah Meri community perform traditional music during the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual, which is a thanksgiving ritual prayer to the spirits of the seas in Pulau Carey.
6. Members of the Mah Meri tribe apply make-up and make final preparations on the beach before offering a prayer to the sea at Pulau Carey.
7. Members of the Mah Meri tribe perform a dance as they offer a prayer to the sea at Pulau Carey.
8. Faces of the Mah Meri people in Pulau Carey before the ritual starts.
9. The shrine erected near the beach for the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
10. A shaman from the Mah Meri tribe on a shrine erected for the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
11. A shaman from the Mah Meri tribe on a beach during the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
12. A Mah Meri tribesman performs the ‘Main Jo-oh’ dance during the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
13. A portrait of a Mah Meri tribesman with a wooden mask as he performs the ‘Main Jo-oh’ dance.
14. Smoke from the burning incense to summon spirits.
15. A Mah Meri tribal shaman during the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
16. A shaman goes in a state of trance during the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual.
17. Tok Batin (left in photo) from the Mah Meri tribe and women dancers on the beach of Carey Island during the ritual.
18. The ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual, viewed from afar.
19. Members of the Mah Meri tribe leave the beach after the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual ends.
20. Will this tradition be maintained by the younger generation so that it can be passed on to their children or will it be lost through modernisation?


-Mkini

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