Superstitious (Islam)

Ulek Mayang

Greetings guys! Have you seen the video of ulek mayang that I post before? It’s quite interesting right? Back to the topic, for the superstitious part I will start with superstitious that had been in the mind of Malay peoples who are mostly are Muslim. Malay people are famous with a lot of superstitious things even in this modern era. The most popular superstitious among the Malays people is Ulek Mayang which it is actually a traditional song that came along with dances that will be performed by a group of women. Originally this song is come from Terengganu, Malaysia. Ulek Mayang is also a type of worship-dance that will be accompanied by a song that will be conducted with a Malay orchestra. For me this song has its own power that will make you feel like you’re at somewhere else when listening to it. Basically there is too many kind of version that talks about Ulek Mayang. According to one of the version, the story based on one of the late-ritual that had been done by the shaman to a fisherman that in unconscious situation, that people had believe the fisherman had been hypnotize by one of the sea-princess that fall in love with him. The trial of the shaman to bring back the fisherman had made the princess called her sisters to come help her fight against the shaman. The fighting between the shaman and the entire six princesses takes a lot of times and days till the eldest sister among the others which the seventh sister comes. Then the eldest sister had said to both of the side that is in fighting with "Ku tahu asal-usulmu, Yang laut balik ke laut, yang darat balik ke darat". Once the fighting come to end, the shaman and the others fisherman feel indebted to the eldest princess kindness and they served colourful rice as a worship to the sea spirit and this ritual had been used till Islam came to this land. The song itself is very unique and has its own identity, and most of the Malaysian people think that this song has its own ghost. Besides, lots of new contemporary touch to this music had been made. Such as the group of thrash metal in Malaysia, Cromok had cover this song same as the Malaysia rock diva, Ella had cover the song too. As a conclusion this superstitious believe still had been stuck in the Malaysian people nowadays and maybe it will be forever because it had been planted in the mind of the people since there were young and it’s just like folk stories that had been passed by generation to generation. What do you think?

Ulek mayang ku ulek
Ulek dengan jala jemala
Ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan tuannya puteri
Ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan jala jemala
Ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan puterinya dua

Puteri dua berbaju serong
Puteri dua bersanggol sendeng
Puteri dua bersubang gading
Puteri dua berselendang kuning
Umbok mayang diumbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Nok ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan puterinya empat

Puteri empat berbaju serong
Puteri empat bersanggol sendeng
Puteri empat bersubang gading
Puteri empat berselendang kuning
Umbok mayang diumbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Nok ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan puterinya enam

Puteri enam berbaju serong
Puteri enam bersanggol sendeng
Puteri enam bersubang gading
Puteri enam berselendang kuning
Umbok mayang diumbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Nok ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan puterinya tujuh

Puteri tujuh berbaju serong
Puteri tujuh bersanggol sendeng
Puteri tujuh bersubang gading
Puteri tujuh berselendang kuning
Umbok mayang diumbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Nok ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan tuannya puteri

Tuan puteri berbaju serong
Tuan puteri bersanggol sendeng
Tuan puteri bersubang gading
Tuan puteri berselendang kuning
Umbok mayang diumbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Nok ulek mayang diulek
Ulek dengan tuannya puteri

Ku tahu asal usul mu
Yang laut balik ke laut
Yang darat balik ke darat
Nasi berwarna hamba sembahkan
Umbok mayang ku umbok
Umbok dengan jala jemala
Pulih mayang ku pulih
Pulih balik sedia kala

**above is the lyrics of ulek mayang that had been modified because of the worship lyrics that might called the spirit to come to the person who sing it and this lyrics is the quite popular lyrics among the singer.

** to hear the ULEK MAYANG song click HERE