The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXI, Part 1-2, 1983 - Khamkoo

182 Anthony ttwaiker ·
3. Oh, here we have no country; over there, in that ~untry, we will establish our
village and OUr fields; over there we can .establish . ourselves, of this I now carefully
come to inform you.
4. You also come ~efully with ~s, .~h ~~f~lly ~uard over us al!, over all the
children of the. village, -the big and the small, tb,e womenfolk and the menfolk;
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grant thllt we suffern~ misfortune, let us all be of t1te. same pure mind wh~n we
establish our new village. ·
5. Oh, do not punish the animals, do not punish the people; let us all be of the same
. pure mind; may all the headman's people, all the to bo pa-:-'s people, be of the
same pure mind; let there be no disorder, no dispute among us.
6. Do not punish the headman, do not punish the to bo pa_; let the people listen
to the headman's voice alone, let the people listen to the to bo pa_'s voice alone.
· 7. All of us, the big and the small alike, will establish a new village in the country
yonder; of this I carefully come to inform you.
8. Oh G'~ivfu_, divine servant,let us have a place of no misfortune, ob Creator,
you also, three times in one day carefully watch over us, three times in one night
carefully guard us, the big and the small alike; oti carefully look upon us.
6. Selectiag the Site for-a House
When G'uivfu_, the village guardian~
has b.een tb.us informed of the move,
the villagers may begin considering w~ere to build their individual. houses at the new
site. .· Iiead~~n and senior ·priest (io b~ pa~> have fir~t ·. choi~ of ho~ sites, but
oth~rwise there are no rules about pre~edence. . sltoulci any quarrel emerge, it is the
headman's duty to reconcile the conflicting parties. But each household head must
determine for himself whether or not the invisible world is favourably disposed to his
choice.