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Title: Burma
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ferrars, Max Ferrars, Bertha
Subjects: Ethnology
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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405. PASIT SAME. Chariots at Rook sqrs.King „ K2.General „ K3. Horsemen at QB and KKt3 sqrs.Elephants „ KB3 and O2 „(Ks4, 4thiQs 4,3rd Soldiers Like other definite contests, the game of chess is played for money, unless at funeral gatherings, where games are played to pass the time, without stakes. The Burmese dominoes (thom- bonpF) are made of black wood, with brass nails for points. They are held like cards, and are played down in the same way, not set as dominoes are with us. Pasteboard cards (pc) from Europe are common, and are to be found in every sale depot. The staid elders alone of lay 2Deople, take no part in any sort of gambling. Venial as gambling is looked upon in general, card-player (pk-chd) is a term of disparage- 406. angalon gambling. ^l^^jS^^^^^HI
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>5 GAMES AND SHOWS I8l ■It-1 1 ^ . ,J^^>^^j^§^. -^ ^/^: ? fe^g?^^WIir...r^. 408. CHINESE DICE (NIDAUNG). ment associated with sot ((xyet-thauk), next after which is beinza—opium-eater. Women do notoften play chess or cards ; theyhave a game called pasit (beetle-fight), somewhat resembling back-gammon. Games of pure hazard are ingreat favour, especially at festivaltimes. Chinese and Shan settlersstart gambling-dens for the dis-solute youth, with Chinese dice(Nidaung, Angalon, No. 406), andthe thirty-six animal lottery (ti,thonsi-chaukkaung kaza), symbolsintelligible to every nation and the meanest capacity. For angalon there is apaper or cloth with compartments for six different figures of animals on whichmoney is staked, corresponding to similar figures on a wooden cube, which isshaken in a box. The showmen in Burma are the conjuror and the snake-charmer. TheBurman juggler (inyet-hlh sayd) makes no pretence of occult powers, not evento children. His name implies that his mo

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