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igiS.J I. H. N. Evans I<br />
illey Sen<br />
Katil also said that food is placed at <strong>the</strong> foot <strong>of</strong> a<br />
morning and evening .sometimes only in <strong>the</strong> mornii<br />
fourteen days after burial, <strong>the</strong> spiril oi <strong>the</strong> dead man being<br />
thought to teed on what is put <strong>the</strong>re for him.<br />
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On <strong>the</strong> fourteenth da) <strong>the</strong> n lativesol <strong>the</strong> dei ased bold a<br />
irding to old custom- now. I understand, some<br />
what neglected no ornaments hould bi worn or singing<br />
indulged in for two month ath.<br />
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t<br />
Katil's pi ople do not bat]<br />
as he tolt] me, his<br />
lore burial, becau<br />
by a heavy rain-storn body was placed in it, this<br />
being ascribed to <strong>the</strong> fact thai <strong>the</strong> corpse had been washed.<br />
Graves are dug so thai th head<strong>of</strong>tl to<br />
wards <strong>the</strong> east. The body is wrapped in mats or white cloth<br />
and placed face upwards.<br />
Katil explained, by means <strong>of</strong> a plan scratched on <strong>the</strong><br />
ground, that <strong>the</strong> grave is dug to nearly <strong>the</strong> required depth and<br />
<strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>the</strong>n divided into two section- by a line running<br />
parallel to its sides. The left hand section (when looking<br />
towards <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>: grave is nexl carried down to a<br />
i<br />
sufficient depth, below <strong>the</strong> right hand, to receive th<<br />
When <strong>the</strong> body has been placed in this d 11, stakes<br />
are fixed slantwi bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grave, <strong>the</strong>ir points<br />
being driven into <strong>the</strong> shallower (right hand) section, and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
ends abutting against <strong>the</strong> side wall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grave adjacent to <strong>the</strong><br />
excavation in which <strong>the</strong> corpse lies. A covering <strong>of</strong> tree-bark,<br />
or <strong>of</strong>sheets<strong>of</strong> bamboo, is th <strong>the</strong> stakes, <strong>the</strong> body<br />
thus being protected by a sloping ro<strong>of</strong>. After this earth is<br />
piled up on <strong>the</strong> covering until <strong>the</strong> excavation is full, and <strong>the</strong><br />
mound formed.<br />
To turn now to Senoi ideas with regard to <strong>the</strong> soul and<br />
its survival after death. As far as I could ascertain from <strong>the</strong><br />
Rehrang Sakai, a man's soul and his shadow are regarded as<br />
one. The word kemoit, which I have mentioned abov<br />
to mean <strong>the</strong> ghost <strong>of</strong> a dead mm. hut <strong>the</strong> soul, or shadow, is<br />
i ;<br />
\<br />
! have<br />
a shadow),<br />
but does not usuall) I, in case il should not be<br />
able to return. Tie<br />
lala<br />
aire idy st il<br />
:d to be roaming <strong>the</strong> earth ''.hen violent winds are<br />
;<br />
ig. They are evilly disposed and hunt thi<br />
men. which take <strong>the</strong> forms <strong>of</strong> animals >ften <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Muntjac).<br />
This is known because people in <strong>the</strong>ir .beams have seen <strong>the</strong><br />
mis have been hunted<br />
fall sick.<br />
The i<br />
tujoh, "<br />
itly<br />
>peak <strong>of</strong> human<br />
boards." It appears that <strong>the</strong> earth<br />
t to board<br />
•<br />
above <strong>the</strong> earth ipal nnam), as does also that<br />
i:ele, <strong>the</strong>' earth. Both <strong>the</strong> t<br />
and below th