Buy this book on-line Alwi Bin Sheikh Alhady : Malay Customs and TraditionsSingapore: Eastern Universities Press / Donald Moore, 1962
First edition, paperback, 7.25" x 4.75" approx., very good condition, uncreased illustrated glossy card covers, light browning to some pages, 128 pages, b/w photo illustrations, contents include General Malay Customs & Traditions: Household and Kampong Customs; Piercing of Ear-Lobes, Circumcision and Childbirth; Marriage Customs; Funeral Customs; Part Two: Royal Malay Customs & Traditions; Language, Etiquette and Ancient Laws; The Nobat (Royal Band); Rules Governing Marriage; Tabalkan (Installation of a Monarch); Demise and Funeral of a Ruling Monarch; A brief biography of Engku Mai -----'Believed to be the first book published in English on this subject. The author writes with authority and in detail not only on Royal Customs as observed in his childhood at the Royal Court of Rhio (and still for the most part practised today), but also on general household and kampong customs handed down orally through the years.' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Alwi Bin Sheikh Alhady : Malay Customs and Traditions. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, incunabula, livres illustrées, rare books and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |