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The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan

This paper describes the worship of Dayak deity among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. The belief of Datuk Kong拿督公, a Malay deity is a common phenomenon among the Chinese in East and West Malaysia. Many Tua Pek Kong temples in Sarawak (East Malaysia) house one or a few subsidiary Datuk Ko...

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Main Author: Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Laureate Book Co, Ltd,Taiwan 2018
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GN Anthropology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.231452019-01-24T07:52:04Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23145/ The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern BL Religion GN Anthropology This paper describes the worship of Dayak deity among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. The belief of Datuk Kong拿督公, a Malay deity is a common phenomenon among the Chinese in East and West Malaysia. Many Tua Pek Kong temples in Sarawak (East Malaysia) house one or a few subsidiary Datuk Kong deities. There are also temples devoted to Datuk Kong as its main deity in the Central region of Sarawak. However, the veneration of Latok Kong啦督公, the Dayak deity is unheard of in Sarawak and is totally confined to the neighbouring Chinese in West Kalimantan. Rituals, beliefs and symbols are constantly adapted, transformed to stabilise and cater to the emotional needs of the community. Tua Pek Kong, Datuk Kong, Latok Kong are local tutelary deities believed to protect and help its people. Thus, it is the humble aim of this ethnographic paper to provide further understanding into the reflexivity and adaptivity of Chinese folk beliefs towards its social surrounding. Laureate Book Co, Ltd,Taiwan 2018 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23145/1/2018%20The%20Veneration%20of%20Dayak%20Latok%20in%20West%20Kalimantan%20%28Elena%20Chai%29.pdf Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern (2018) The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. In: Transnational Comparative Studies on the Earth God Belief: History, Ethnicity, Festival and Cultural Heritage. Laureate Book Co, Ltd,Taiwan, Taiwan, pp. 297-323.
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GN Anthropology
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GN Anthropology
Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
description This paper describes the worship of Dayak deity among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. The belief of Datuk Kong拿督公, a Malay deity is a common phenomenon among the Chinese in East and West Malaysia. Many Tua Pek Kong temples in Sarawak (East Malaysia) house one or a few subsidiary Datuk Kong deities. There are also temples devoted to Datuk Kong as its main deity in the Central region of Sarawak. However, the veneration of Latok Kong啦督公, the Dayak deity is unheard of in Sarawak and is totally confined to the neighbouring Chinese in West Kalimantan. Rituals, beliefs and symbols are constantly adapted, transformed to stabilise and cater to the emotional needs of the community. Tua Pek Kong, Datuk Kong, Latok Kong are local tutelary deities believed to protect and help its people. Thus, it is the humble aim of this ethnographic paper to provide further understanding into the reflexivity and adaptivity of Chinese folk beliefs towards its social surrounding.
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author Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
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title The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
title_short The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
title_full The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
title_fullStr The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
title_full_unstemmed The Veneration of Dayak Latok among the Chinese in Singkawang, West Kalimantan
title_sort veneration of dayak latok among the chinese in singkawang, west kalimantan
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