Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-03
ROYAL BURIAL IN INDIA.
eoLsaN FUNERAL oBsEoUlEs or A
noHkMMEDAN RAJAH.

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IN h''"' i""' interests crowds
From an carly hour crowds OF Malavs.
Arabs. .favaues, and other Mohsm.
meden rnc.s Ind gathered in tine grounds
Of The house lately buiit Tor ihe dorcend.
ant oil tho Singapore ROYAL line nt Kan.
pong CLAN. psfor, A o'clock tho large
rooms of tho bot.e were gilrd wiz
while trrlaued rbeii.s nr5 Malay, .eai.i
i'm long liuos on tbs ma,s and mnfmuf.
ing Ina low toned upit8n rravers fYr tho
dead. Within tle hon.e conld be heard
Tho .pleshinp Of water. where the corp.e
was nnderroipe ceremonial purlfications
preyious 40 srsl. Outside stood the
Dior, AN onormou, s,ruotnre some twenty
feet bv twelve. made Of lashod rollers
and rooted In with yellow eioth. Ont into
a fantastle fringe af the .d.e..
Really Il was bier within n funeral
carringe, for the center was screened Of
10 contain tho coffin. A spae. b.iu- left
All around for relatives Of the deceased
Tungku to stand aud scatter golden rico
over thu crowd. In one corner Of toe
ground the coffin was having its finish.
In, touches. This was "A tnn.sivo box Of
a.inch thick blanks. dovotailed al the
corueru and STAYED acrus, the ton. 1t
was in itself great weight and took
dozen men TO carry IL. Tho tone Of the
crowd In the ground was oui,t and uib.
dued. but by no means sad or dospond.
emf.
Behind tho conln itself, for instance,
was q group Of rutainers quietly taking
n meal. swarms OF Malay BOYS were
running about tho ground, and the men.
some nicely dressed. many Ia their ordl.
nary clothing. chatted about their dead
chief A little dialance from tho bier
stood tho graves,onel Of granite. also
swathod in royal yellow and dashed to
stage for convenience Of carriago.
THE CoFriy.
Tho coffin, clean wood though Il was.
was carried away and also washed, be.
ing then. placed IN the porch Of the
house and half filed with clean white
sea sand 10 await the body. A posse on
Malay policemen arrived to keep order,
and other police officials appeared. In
front OF the house q row OF sixteen uin.
brellas, eight white and eight yellow,
was formed, and from many windows
pecped the women u Oh, household. A
lolah or cannon IN tho .nclosun Of the
mosque had been firing at fregueut In.
tcryals, being tended by a Gigantic
negro. Meanwhile the occupants OF tho
house remained nearly silent, interest
being centred IN group Of katips
priests aud Kalthis. who were seated
In front OF a curtain u striped satin, be-
hind which tho body was being prepared
for the grave.
II was considerably after . o'clock
when n movement among those seated
In the house indicated that the time had
come when tho body would be- put ia tho
coffin. Amid considerable amount OF
confusion aud a perfect babel OF excited
cries. all thnt rcmained Of Tungsu
Alum was carried down stairs. wrapped
In yellow cloth and iufolled In red
edged mat Borne on tho Shoulders OF
ak priests tho coffin was reached aud
the body deposited IN Il, II. H., tho
Sultan u Johore. rcycrcntly kissing il
when the wraps were removed. Tho
bystandcrs seemed perfectly frantic TO
get look at the corpse ere Il was placed
On It's bed of sand IN the coffin.
AT TnE GRAVE.
Then, In response 10 cries, ileathllse
silence ensued, aud an Imam, In a clear.
musical voice, chanted some vcrses In
Arabic. tho hystando, responding In A
deep toned murnur. Then tho heavy
lid was put up. and with difficulty fthe
sand making IL exceedingly heavy, the
colin was put upon tho bier or krandn.
Round about Il placed themselves Young
Malays with salyers. whence they throw
among the crowd yellow rice, spices.
money aud scents.
Fimt marched number OF boys beat.
ing censors or Guns. some with splres.
many with incense. Next were about
thirty women ia two lines, each with an
enormous yellow candle aud a slip OF
y ygl'ow clotn ueu round thYir neeka,
anv', o.','lo .le Af"hu,' pVtne ny grea'
Iossnd S',,a,ss1 ~, ~, ~, sy Wv u'v,u'
tho immense concoyr.a ~, ne,n,e ''''N
The distance 10 the mosaue' about 200
yards, was laid with yellow cloth. Tho
grave was Ia small structure adjoining
the mosque and abutiing on tho road.