Some more panels! But first an important correction of my faulty comment answering Selma, and an addendum to Cephas.
I have not come across a reference to Kassian Cephas in any of the books or documents dealing with the hidden foot, except in Borobudur, by Yazir Marzuki, Toeti Heraty. After having been squeezed out of twp-thirds of the budget for photographing the hidden foot by the colonial administration, he is now ignored as the one who gave us the photographs. Anyway, now you know.
Now a few panels that, according to me, are fairly understandable.Don't sit and talk assuming that your food baskets (below the platform) will fill automatically, while the rats are running wild in your fields (maize/corn). The result is fat rats and hungry people.
Fighting and slaughtering animals will get you your head split open.
War and incarcerating the vanquished will get you worse later in life or in hell.
Beating, stamping into the ground and raising your hand against your elders (?) gets you a burning place in hell—note the flames.
Again, the panels are read from RIGHT to LEFT
Sorry for the mistake in my comment on post BOROUDUR 02
Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI don't see flames!! But I do see a dog humping someone's leg! Guess dogs have always done that. Hahahah
ReplyDeleteOh no wait I see the flames now. In the red part.
ReplyDeleteBut how come the first panel basically tells you to do something about your rat problem, ie kill them cause there's no other way of getting rid of rodents. Right? But then later there's a panel saying you cant slaughter animals.
I think that dog is biting the poor sod's leg, but on the other hand he might be humping. I find that the panels generally portray a very lusty community--big breasts and wide hips with gentlemen leisurely stroking the girls. So who knows, the dog might be impacted.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the rodents are concerned, no need to kill them, just bring in the harvest on time. As you can see the cobs are ripe and ready to pick.
Big Breasts and Wide Hips, by the way, is the title of a book written by Mo Yan, the author of Red Sorghum.
I'm fairly certain that the first panel doesn't depict maize/corn, as they are originally from America and brought to Asia by Europeans. Most probably it depicts rice fields.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, a very interesting blog.
Yes of course, you are right, it must be rice. Sorry for the mistake.
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