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 He will replace it with a new one after the wedding feast.

B. In Lam Barō sugarcane is planted,

In the III Mukims keutila (katela) is sown by dibbling.

With due respect, Teuku,

Here it befits us to remain, this sufficeth.

And so forth. The concluding pantōns are as follows:

A. An asan-tree grows in the market.

Under the asan-tree is a space for the panta-game

From early morning it has come to be late in the night,

The rice ts prepared for you on the platters.

B. In the midst of the fore-courtyard they are drying the padi,

They are cleaving wood under the seulasa (the sitting-place at the top of the steps leading up to the house).

Well then Teuku, ascend yourself first,

To set in order what is still lacking.

A. A baju is sewn with a fine needle,

Clothes are woven in the III Mukims.

For two or three days past all has been ready,

The people who are giving the wedding-feast have provided everything.

B. Go to the shore, go and angle for fish;

A prahu at sea with two masts.

You, Teuku, go first, and we shall follow,

Such ts the custom at wedding feasts.

A. Dark-coloured glutinous rice is made into eumpiëng

The bamboo is cut down to make a ladder to the platform beneath the roof.

Your servant then goes first up the stair,

All of you, Teukus, will give him leave to do so!

After the guests have entered, and before they have all taken their seats, the orator of the bride's gampōng says:

The young buloh-bamboo stands and thrives,

Let us cut off ten pieces (for bobbins) to wind silk upon.

Now, Teukus, wipe away the perspiration,

And take your rest on the sitting-mats.

The bridegroom however does not accompany the others into the