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Les Jawi de Thaïlande du Sud forment un conservatoire culturel du monde malais péninsulaire ancien dont ils témoignent. L'islam est arrivé chez eux à la fin du xive siècle mais, présent surtout chez les élites et dans la population littorale, il ne s'est répandu à l'intérieur que lentement. De même que les Malais, ils ont été d'abord animistes puis hindouistes, influencés par l'Inde. Ils en conservent l'empreinte dans leurs croyances et pratiques rituelles et dans les mythes relevant du fonds le plus ancien. L'exemple du tigre, prédateur qui domine largement la faune locale et le bestiaire fabuleux des Jawi et des Malais, le montre bien. Le mythe de l'origine du tigre et de celle de ses rayures mêle sources animistes et indiennes à des courants musulmans plus récents et associe au tigre les figures du taureau et du buffle, du lion, de l'archange Gabriel, du diable et de Sayidina Ali, gendre du prophète Mahomet et héros culturel malais.
Myths of the origin of the tiger and its stripes and the origin of the bull carrying the earth amongst the Jawi of Southern Thailand and the ancient peninsular Malays: ethnoscientific approach to a central social symbol.
The Jawi of Southern Thailand form a cultural conservatory of the ancient peninsular Malay world of which they testify. Islam arrived in their country at the end of the 14th century. However, Islam was present overall among the elites and coastal population and it spread in the highlands only slowly. Like the Malays, they were first animists and then Hindu, influenced by India. They retain the imprint in their ritual beliefs and practices and in the myths of the oldest background. The example of the tiger, a predator that largely dominates the local fauna and the fabulous bestiary of the Jawi and the Malays, shows this well. The myth of the origin of the tiger and that of its stripes mixes animist and Indian sources with more recent Muslim currents and associates with the tiger the figures of the bull and the buffalo, the lion, the archangel Gabriel, the devil and Sayidina Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and Malay cultural hero.
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