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Dec 17 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Patjuk is Korean red bean porridge served on Winter Solstice (Dongji). Red beans are believed to ward off evil spirits. People serve bowls of patjuk for household deities, on family shrines, even near wells and jars of kimchi, before eating them together. #SuperstitionSat 1/3 A bowl of Korean red bean porridge served in a white porcela
As the day with the shortest daylight hours and the longest night, Dongji has traditionally been considered to be a day full of negative energy. Red beans are thought to contain positive energy that balance the day and protect everyone. 2/3 A bowl of Korean red bean porridge served in a bowl next to A close-up photograph of an unseen hand scooping a spoonful
The tradition can be traced back to Zhou Dynasty. According to Festivals and Seasonal Customs of the Jing-Chu Region, a boy died on Winter Solstice and turned into plague-spreading spirit. He hated red beans, so people started cooking them and scattered them around the house. 3/3 A photograph of a wooden bowl overflowing with red beans. Ne

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Dec 3
According to Serat Katuranggan Kucing, Javanese "manuscript of cats", specific cat types have characteristics that affect those who keep them. The manuscript describes various types of cats in tembang (verses to sing). 1/8

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Jul 29, 2021
Tamra Maew (The Treatise of Cats) is an illustrated Thai manuscript that consists of "auspicious" cat types (possibly serves as breeding standard). Each cat picture is accompanied by a poetic verse that describes its characteristics.

A feline thread for #FolkloreThursday 1/10
The Treatise of Cats is believed to be originated from the Ayutthaya period, but the most extant specimens came from the 19th Century. It is a class of samut khoi, a folding book manuscript widely used in many Buddhist cultures.

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Ninlarat ("Dark Sapphire")

"As the name, the breed. Dark Sapphire,
Perfect shiny black form,
Teeth, eyes, claws, tongue, black as the body,
And a tapering tail to the end, running back to touch the head." 3/10
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Apr 22, 2021
Serat Ngalamating Kucing is a Javanese manuscript from Yogyakarta that consists of verses depicting different types of cats. Each verse depicts a unique type of cat and its traits, written in the form of "tembang", poetic lines that can be sung. A thread for #FolkloreThursday
For example, a verse about a cat called "wulan krahingan" (daylight moon) depicts a black cat with white belly spot, preferably on the left and with short tail. This type of cat is believed to bring luck and grant wishes.
Another type of cat called "pujanggana mengku" (a poet's cradle) has white coat except for a black spot on its head. This cat is said to symbolize good virtues and integrity, a reminder for the owner to match the cat's quality with their attitude.
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Apr 21, 2021
R. A. Kartini designed this teakwood jewelry box as a wedding gift for Mary Fortuyn Drooglever and Geldoph Adriaan Abendanon (the Javanese letters on the lid are spelled "Ma-Ri").

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Rumah Kartini studied Kartini's letters to Rosa Manuel Abendanon-Mandri to uncover the true nature of the box, which had been called "Kartini's sewing kit box" before. The box is adorned with wayang characters on the surface and inside of the lid, complete with satin interior.
The characters that adorn the lid might be Kangsadewa and Kakrasana. Meanwhile, the characters on the inner part of the lid might be Srikandi and Sembadra. The lid also has small cloud patterns as "frame", perhaps showing the Chinese art influence.
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Apr 19, 2021
Really enjoy reading the exchange of letters between Tolkien and his son, Christopher, during the latter's time in South Africa to train as a pilot. They discussed the progress of LotR writing in each letter, but their talks also expanded to so many topics.
Letter 61, for example, dated 18 April 1944, started with Tolkien saying that Christopher's letters made him so happy, he delayed breakfast just to read them all. He also decried "the stupidity of war" and wished that Christopher didn't follow his path.
After talking about the passage into the Dead Marshes, Tolkien decried the treatment of people of color in South Africa, referring to local conditions Christopher had described. Apparently, Tolkien's mother had discussed it several times.
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Without Christopher Tolkien (21 November 1926 - 16 January 2020), the world of Tolkien studies and our understanding of his vast expanse of imagination would not have been like now. So bear with my thread for a while.

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2. He briefly served in Royal Air Force, but it didn't stop his contribution to Tolkien's writing in LOTR, since his father kept sending him parts of LOTR manuscripts. In 1945, he joined The Inklings literary club following Tolkien, where he read parts of LOTR manuscripts.
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