SINAR TERANG Batavia (Jakarta) – Monday Edition, 19 November 1888
Description
Summoning For Rain
In China, when facing a long dry season, people there usually go to temples and pray to their tepekong (ancestral spirits), summoning for rain. A village in Sumedang, has a more or less similar tradition. Their ritual summoning the rain includes parading a wild cat (Taij oetjing garong) to the river and bathing it there. Unfortunately, these days, even after the procession is done, the rain still hasn't fallen