单词 | puja pantai |
释义 | Puja Pantain. Now chiefly historical. In Malaysia: a religious ceremony traditionally performed by fishermen; a propitiatory offering to the sea gods. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Malay > [noun] Puja Pantai1951 1951 Jrnl. Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 24 iii. 33 The pelas negri ceremony of Perak was, in Malaya, known by other names too:..in Kelantan, and in Province Wellesley, for fishermen, the ceremony is known as puja pantai. 1965 C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari vi. 77 A rare and colourful ceremony known as the Puja Pantai, it is performed by Malay fishermen when they believe that the sea gods are angry with them and need to be propitiated. 1972 M. Sheppard Taman Indera 197 The general name which incorporated all the ceremonies and offerings on such an occasion [sc. a Malay folk festival] was Puja Pantai. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 27 Feb. 2 The original practice was pre-Islamic and we created an Islamic element to it where there was none before. The same with Puja Pantai. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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