Spirituality and beliefs Semai people

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semai teenagers in tapah, perak, malaysia.


the animist traditions of semai include thunder deity called enku. small eyeless snake called thunder s headband. 1 of important beings associated thunder nāga, group of huge, subterranean dragons ravage villages during thunder-squalls , associated rainbows. chuntah ritual performed make evil spirits leave. chuntah performed in middle of storm man collects rain in bamboo container until full, gashes skin , lets blood run container.


the semai world of animals includes cheb has feathers , flies, ka has rounded scales or moist skin , lives in or near water, menhar lives on ground or in trees, menhar includes fungi. semai have restrictions on eating animals straddle 2 groups. snakes not eaten because moving menhar have legs, snakes live on land, semai consider unnatural.







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