Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-08-19
TRAVELS In FAR EAST"
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ls a serimpis dancing girl who,
according to the custom there
must be of royal blood and can
only dance at the SuItan's court.
The Radenajoe (wife of radep)
OF Bandoeng, who lie princess b,
birth and aSouudaness belle which
Mr.. Vos thinks does justice to tn
charms OF this delightful diminu.
tive race, are also in the collection
from Java. Continuing Mr.. Vos
said:
p" might here say that the abo
riginsl population Of java is about
$50 90 ., the western part being
occupied by the Snuudauese and
the eastern aud central parts by
the Javanese. Besides these types
and the son of aSouudans SO chief,
I have brought pictures of their
typical scenery - rice fields aud
sunny billy Javaness villages
Java is one of the m ost thick
ly populated countries in the
world every foot Of which is cult
waited and the country, being very
noun famous aud fertile, Offers thu
greatest variety aud beauty to the
eye OF lovers OF nature.
Toe System of colonization il
carried to a p rejection found now
where else in the world Every
where the travellers eye is de-
lighted by marks OF cleanliness
aud order. Rsilroad stations,
whsrves, bridges and all official
buildings are snow white and
i'm maculate. The peopl. are law
abiding and happy, with kindly
poetic.l dispositions. They have
great love for color and while
they very often dress in brillian,
colors, it is remarkable what
perfect harmony is always pre-.
served.
"rhey would certainly give
valuable hints to their western
sisters in the selection of colors
"The people are very small.
This is especially so with the
Souudanese, most OF them bAing
not much over FIVE feet in he'll hi:
but they are gracefully AID
perfectly proportioued and l
consider them the most 30 of all
the eastern nations.
"The dress for men and women
differs very little. Both sexes
wear the sarong, common to al
Malayans Those OF the women
are different in pattern. These
ssrongs are long straight piece
OF cotton deliberately hand paiuted
10 fantastic designs which are
often 80 intricate that it takes a
woman bs (women alone maxi
them) several months to complete
one. Tuey are sometimes very
valuable and expensive, costing a
hundred gulden or more. How
ever, even tn, poorest wear the
painted sarongs.
"fbey have an elastic swing of
the fgu,e which with their thin
clothing and very often, the bare
shoulders (sarongs are fastened
properly uuder the arme,) il
accumulated. Their hands and
feet are small and graceful
Tue religion is chiefly Mobsm-
medan, exceptionally Buddhism.
Their music is very original and
to the European ear, much more
nelodious than that of Chins,
Japan or Korea. There is
noting OF the stringent. di :
agreeable discord of the music OF
those countries.
"rhe gsmslang consists of At
least Is or % people aud the
tones soft even to the western ear,
are captivating sui carry ones
thoughts off 10 long left shores.
"lhv hospitality OF the native
princes brings one back to the
Hawaiian or, a. the Germ ,us
cAPSoo ~, oih, "cio uhu
ge-aDp.'
"In Java. bamboo is king. IL
the building of 'rlumphal ache,
bridges aud houses aud in TIL
most complicated constructions.
bamboo alone is employ d
making these strong, grac .fuI aud
lasting. A great many OF thu
mu .ical instruments are ma,l4 OF
bamboo. The slopes Of tue hills
are covered with the frathery,
graceful trees, reaching to
heights far beyond those OF other
tree. With hem may be- seen
growing the tree ferns
and many am slle' varieties