SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE IN MAIN TERI: A CASE STUDY IN KAMPUNG PASIR MAS, KELANTAN

Main Teri is one of the traditional medicine that is still practiced by the Malay community, especially in the state since ancient times until now. It serves as a contrivance treatment of physical and spiritual disease that affects the human body. Generally, how do medical play main teri in the open space and presented in public. Therefore, this study uses two methods: the method libraries method and participating observation. If observed, main teri presentation involving the use of traditional musical instruments. How to play main teri medicine involves two-way communication link between the real world (tok peteri, tok minduk and patients) and the underworld (genies, spirits, angels, demons, the devil). Accordingly, to determine the causes of the diseases that the patient, various methods are used by tok peteri to see symptoms such as through the persuasive power of mantras, spiritual (jinns, Satan and demons) are said to be the cause of a person is sick. Therefore, this article discusses some ways to recognize symptoms of disease in the main presentation main teri.