Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

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Marriage with Near-Kin in a Malay Village, Melaka

Narifumi Maeda

Article type: Article
1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 478-502
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_478

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The general thesis of this paper discusses two points : (1) why the Malays prefer marriage to near-kinsmen and (2) under what conditions an endogamous pattern of mate selection appears in a community. Data are supplied from the field work in a Malay village near Melaka Town in 1971/72.
Factors involved in the first point : Parents, especially mothers, have a strong voice in marriage negotiations, although in villages with a cash economy, such as this one, youngsters usually have a greater say in mate selection. The mothers do not explore the field of eligible mates very widely. Rather than social standing and economic status, the Malay principles of mate selection stress the idea of jodoh (fitness), the ties of saudara (relatives) and residential and psychological propinquity. These are firmly embedded in Malay attitudes, thus reinforcing dyadic equilibrium relationships which serve to minimize their fears against the unknown and to secure their identity through ties with relatives and through assortative matings.
Factors involved in the second point : The Buginese heritage and the low divorce rate contribute to the acceleration of a stronger endogamous pattern of mate selection. Furthermore, if the population groupings are small and the settlement is rather isolated, I hypothesize that a greater likelihood of previous kinship ties between married couples owing to residential propinquity will prevail.

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Factors Determining Agricultural Productivities in Rice Exporting Countries and the Green Revolution

with Special Reference to Analysis of Rice Production in Thailand with Production Function

Hiroshi Tsujii

Article type: Article
1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 503-524
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_503

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First, factors determining the productivity of rice in Thailand are analyzed estimating the aggregate production function of rice. Thailand is selected as a representative of the countries which traditionally exported rice most of which was produced in big deltas. Second, the economic and policy implications of the results of the above production function analysis are discussed. In pursuing the second objective, a special attention is paid to the green revolution in rice which has taken place in some of the traditionally rice importing Asian countries.
From the production function analysis, it is found that the irrigation projects have been the most important factor contributing to the fast growth of the productivity and of the total paddy production for the sixties, that this fast growth is facilitated by the growing inputs of the tractors and fertilizers, and that the three natural environmental variables explain to some extent the changes in the total paddy production.
Since the irrigation projects are not appropriate policy to cope with the short-run shortage or surplus problems of rice, it is suggested that the rice premium policy may be a proper policy for these short-run problem referring to the another study by the author and considering the present condition of the administrative organ of Thailand.
Because the fast growth of paddy production and productivity for Thailand took place without using the high-yielding rice varieties, it is also suggested that the fast growth may be called the green revolution of "Thai pattern" in rice and that the same change probably can take place in Burma or Vietnam who has been traditionally rice exporting countries and where considerable amounts of rice are produced in their big deltas.

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Decay Resistance of Sixty-Five Southeast Asian Timber Specimens in Accelerated Laboratory Tests

Munezoh Takahashi, Tsuneo Kishima

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 525-541
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_525

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Decay resistance of sixty-five specimens of Southeast Asian timbers, which covered 23 families, including 37 genera, was tested in laboratory sand block tests against a soft rot fungus, Chaetomium globosum Kunze, and a white rot fungus, Coriolus versicolor Quél. It was shown that there was a tendency, especially in the case of Co. versicolor, for dense and/or extractive-rich species to be more resistant to decay, and that the greater part of extractive-rich species became more susceptible to decay after treatment with hot methanol. Ochanostachys amentacea, Scorodocarpus borneensis, Eusideroxylon zwageri, Cantleya corniculata, Shorea exelliptica, Shorea hypoleuca and Shorea laevis retained high resistance even after the treatment. In addition, different reactions to methanol extractives between the two test fungi were observed in several species.

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Ecclesiastical Examinations in Thailand

Yoneo Ishii

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 542-560
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_542

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Etudes d'Histoire Angkorienne (Ⅰ)

Les rapports concrets entre Pura (domaine temporel) et Dron Vrah (domaine du dieu)

Yoshiaki Ishizawa

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 561-582
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_561

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Ces ont pour objet la corrélation historique du monde avec le monde divin, c'est-à-dire l'évolution historique de la coexistence de l'opposition parmi les rois, les vassaux et les religieux depuis le Préangkor jusqu'au début angkorien d'après l'épigraphie cambodgienne ((VI)^e-(IX)^e siècles).
Les rois préangkoriens n'étaient que les protecteurs des villes (Pura) que plus tard les souverains d'Angkor transformeront en unités administratives (Pramân, Visaya), mais ils admettaient le domaine divin (Dron Vrah) comme séparé du domaine temporel (Pura) et prescrivaient par leurs ordonnances de faire la distinction entre les biens du dieu et ceux des Pura. Ce sont les religieux (Pamnos) qui en ce domaine accomplissaient les sacrifices rituels et qui, tant que en chef, dirigeaient les affaires en disposant des nombreuses donations faites à cet effet par le roi et les particuliers. Les Pamnos, exclusivement clercs, n'avaient pas de titre ni de nom propre, ce qui les différenciait des autres fonctionnaires religieux et des brahmanes. Les organisations religieuses s'étendaient aux villages du dieu (Sruk Vrah) lesquels fournissaient les prestations au culte et jouissaient certainement d'une autarcie economique sous l'autorité des Pamnos.

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Associations in a Thai Rural Community

Functional Analysis of Wat and School Committies

Tsuneo Ayabe

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 583-594
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_583

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Income and Income Sources among Malay Peasants in the East Coast

a Case Study in Kampong Galok

Yoshihiro Tsubouchi

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 595-612
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_595

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Recent Tendencies of Studying Abroad in the Republic of Vietnam

Hideichiro Nakano

1973 Volume 10 Issue 4 Pages 613-648
Published: March 31, 1973
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.10.4_613

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