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such an instance, a soukhuan ceremony will be held. Below, I provide an account of a soukhuan ceremony held for a young child. The ceremony was held at Paksan Neua village, where a five-year child had been crying in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Soukhuan ceremony for a sick boy This is a soukhuan ceremony held for a sick boy which I observed. Those who attended the ceremony sat around the Phakhuan, a tiered conical structure built on a tray. When the Mor Phon invited the khuan of the child, the khuan will be attracted by the food and flowers on the Phakhuan. A white cotton thread called fai mong kon was attached to the Phakhuan and passed through the hands of the parents of the child, then the child, the grandmother and the Mor Phon held the other end of the thread. Just before chanting, the Mor Phon lit up the candle on the highest point of the Phakhuan and then started calling for the khuans. Every one present started to clasp their palms together. The translated recital is presented below: Si…….Si…….. Si thi sai ya mang ka la (in Pali language, meaning “Be healthy”) I will now call the little child’s khuan back I will invite the thevada to come down and help to bring the child’s khuan back Where ever it is In the forest or in the deep hole Ma yer khuan er! Your khuan will not lost in the forest or go to play in the open plain Ma yer khuan er! Your khuan will not go to play in the river If your khuan has gone to see the ghost Please come back today! Ma yer khuan er! If your khuan is with the big trees, big bat Please come back! If your khuan has gone to play at the waterfall or big river Please come back! Ma yer khuan er! If your khuan is playing with the big bird or sitting sadly under the big tree Please come back! The 32 khuan that you have since born Please come back! Ma yer khuan er! Khuan of the head please come back to your head Khuan of the hair, eyebrow, left and right hand, both foot Please come back! - 14 - PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com
When there is a lightning in the sky, please come back Ma yer khuan er! Khuan of the eyes, come back, do not go far Khuan of the leg’s hair and calf, mouth, heart Please come back! When there is a lightning in the sky, please come back Ma yer khuan er! Khuan of the eyes, come back, do not go far Khuan of the leg’s hair and calf, mouth, heart Please come back today! Ma yer khuan er! Please come back to hide in the house with your khuan of the ears and eyes Ma yer khuan er! If your khuan has gone deep down into the cave or is playing with small dragon Ma yer khuan er! Khuan of little fingers come back to wear gold ring Also every khuan of your body Ma yer khuan er! If your khuan has come back, please do not hesitate to come in Ma yer khuan er! If your khuan has gone out to drink alcohol with friends Please come back today and stay to build your old house When the sky is getting dark, do not go out to play Do stay at home Ma yer khuan er! Do not go out when it rains Do not travel far away when the storm is coming If you are too lazy do stay at home If you have eaten the ghost’s rice, do vomit it out The sewing of ghost, do spit it out Come back to eat rice with banana Come back to eat fish with grandfather Be strong and grow up Do not fade away like ash Do not grow old Have a long long life Be as big as your uncle, Be as tall as your aunt Be prosperous forever When you sleep dream of 10,000 kip When you get up get 100,000 kip Have no enemy in your life Be healthy without any diseases - 15 - PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com
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