Alfoors of, forbidden to pronounce the names of parents-in-law, iii. 340 sq.;
special language at rice-harvest in, iii. 412;
mock human sacrifices in, iv. 214 sq.;
quail associated with rice in, vii. 296;
customs as to sowing and plucking the new rice in, viii. 54;
dummies to deceive demons in, viii. 100;
festival of “eating the new rice” in, viii. 123;
hair of slain foe used to impart courage in, viii. 153;
expulsion of demons in, ix. 111 sq.
Minangkabau, the Sultan of, revered by the Battas, i. 399