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Religion, of the present Synopsis, under the head ritual and offerings, both pre-Islamic (11.400) and Muslim (15.500) contain valu able information on religious customs. Reliable Dutch books on common Javanese social and family customs are: Mayer, “Een “Blik in het Javaanse Volksleven”, and C. Snouck Hurgronje, “Brieven van een We- “dana Pensioen”. Geertz, “Religion of Java”, also contains some information on the sub ject. Court ceremonies are described in the Dutch books on the Garëbëgs (the annual festivals) in Yogyakarta by Dr Groneman (1895) and Soedjono Tirtokoesoemo (1931). 49.010 Popular and country customs, Sura karta descriptions: cod. 6691 (Guna Driya by Lagu Tama), 6757 (by Matjun Prawira), 7745, 10.845, 10.846, 10.847. 49.020 Popular and country customs, Yog yakarta descriptions: cod. 10.940, 10.941, 10.942 (illustrated). 49.030 Notes on Javanese marriage cus toms, wedding ceremonies: cod. 8652, 8979 no. 4 (Rë^ga Krama, by Jayèi} Pranata), DFT S 240/280/102-103 (= 10.742 = BCB prtf 221). 49.040 Notes on Javanese Court customs and ceremonies, Surakarta and Yogyakarta: cod. KITLV Or 240 (= 10.670 = BCB 147, Surakarta Court offerings), 6523 (Purwa Ukara, Yogyakarta), 8979 no. 2 (Tata Praja, Surakarta, by Suwandi), 8979 no. 8 (Nata Misuda, by Sastra Sutarma), 11.005 (Krama Dalëm P. A. A. P. Prat) Wadana VII), KITLV Or 38 (Rampog Macan, Surakarta), AdKIT O 235 (state- sunshades), AdKIT 60/1 (state-sunshades).

49.050 Notes on Terjger customs and cere monies, by Javanese Christians: cod. 10.822. 49.060 Notes on Bantën customs: cod. 8977 (Adat cara Jawi 113 Bantën Lèr, by Turamun). 49.070 Notes on Brëbës idiom, manners and customs: cod. 8979 no. 6. 49.080 Cërbon village headman installation, 1922: cod. 8979 no. 7. 49.090 Kirab Dalëm, Crown-Prince of Yog yakarta installed: cod. 7485. 49.100 Ivory plaquettes used in the mëdun lëmah ceremony (baby’s first contact with the earth): cod. 8510 (photographs). 49.110 Community meals, Wilujëqan, by Sutarja Sastra Subrata, Yogyakarta: cod. 8979 no. 1. 49.120 Notes on popular Muslim Javanese customs, East Java: cod. 5762. 49.130 Jaya Atmaja notes, moralistic, auto biographic : cod. 6500. 49.200 Folklore, Superstitions. Generally Javanese scholars were not in terested in folklore and popular supersti tions; they were considered vulgar and un worthy of attention. Meanwhile in the circles of scholars various kinds of divination and magic were studied and practised assiduously. Seen from an outsider’s point of view, the difference between folklore and popular superstition on the one side and magic on the other is not essential. The distinction