OF SOUKHUAN AND LAOS Elena Gregoria Chai Chin Fern Faculty ...
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such an instance, a soukhuan ceremony will be held. Below, I provide an account of a<br />
soukhuan ceremony held for a young child. The ceremony was held at Paksan Neua<br />
village, where a five-year child had been crying in the middle of the night for no<br />
apparent reason.<br />
Soukhuan ceremony for a sick boy<br />
This is a soukhuan ceremony held for a sick boy which I observed. Those who<br />
attended the ceremony sat around the Phakhuan, a tiered conical structure built on a<br />
tray. When the Mor Phon invited the khuan of the child, the khuan will be attracted<br />
by the food and flowers on the Phakhuan. A white cotton thread called fai mong kon<br />
was attached to the Phakhuan and passed through the hands of the parents of the child,<br />
then the child, the grandmother and the Mor Phon held the other end of the thread.<br />
Just before chanting, the Mor Phon lit up the candle on the highest point of the<br />
Phakhuan and then started calling for the khuans. Every one present started to clasp<br />
their palms together.<br />
The translated recital is presented below:<br />
Si…….Si……..<br />
Si thi sai ya mang ka la (in Pali language, meaning “Be healthy”)<br />
I will now call the little child’s khuan back<br />
I will invite the thevada to come down and help to bring the child’s khuan back<br />
Where ever it is<br />
In the forest or in the deep hole<br />
Ma yer khuan er!<br />
Your khuan will not lost in the forest or go to play in the open plain<br />
Ma yer khuan er!<br />
Your khuan will not go to play in the river<br />
If your khuan has gone to see the ghost<br />
Please come back today!<br />
Ma yer khuan er!<br />
If your khuan is with the big trees, big bat<br />
Please come back!<br />
If your khuan has gone to play at the waterfall or big river<br />
Please come back!<br />
Ma yer khuan er!<br />
If your khuan is playing with the big bird or sitting sadly under the big tree<br />
Please come back!<br />
The 32 khuan that you have since born<br />
Please come back!<br />
Ma yer khuan er!<br />
Khuan of the head please come back to your head<br />
Khuan of the hair, eyebrow, left and right hand, both foot<br />
Please come back!<br />
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