Mad Baskets of Empeh
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
In Empeh village, Sugai Penuh, there’s a mystical yet funny game where reciting mantras to baskets or fish traps causes them to move by themselves.
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THERE is nothing special about a rattan basket, called an ambung. It’s about a meter tall and normally carried by men on their shoulders to transport coffee, bananas, oranges or durians from the field.
That evening, Sofyan, 50, a medium for Ambung Gila (Mad Basket) in Empeh village, demonstrated how the basket can move itself. A rattan rice bowl was first attached to the basket like a head wearing a hat, then the basket was dressed up in a b
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