OF SOUKHUAN AND LAOS Elena Gregoria Chai Chin Fern Faculty ...
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Please come back to see your beloved parents<br />
Please come back to put on the flower necklace your mother-in-law has made for you<br />
All your cousin-in-laws are waiting<br />
The cousins from the northern part of the village are waiting to see your face<br />
So many people said you are such an excellent person<br />
Please come back now to see the new phakhuan in your bedroom<br />
Please come back to fee the egg and sticky rice to your husband<br />
As our ancestors used to do before<br />
From now on you will be the best parents of your children<br />
You shall be pregnant like all the other women<br />
On 8 kham you should pray<br />
On 14, 15 kham you should give alms to the monks<br />
Never forget about this<br />
Khuna of the eyebrows, please come down to be with your eyes<br />
Khuan of the mouth and cheek<br />
Khuan of the chin and waist<br />
Khuan of the breast<br />
Please come and sit on the phakhuan<br />
Ma yer khuan er! (Ma yer!)<br />
[At this stage, the Mor Phon throws rice into the air as a signal of calling the khuan to<br />
come]<br />
Today is a good day<br />
Today is our day<br />
When you sleep you dream of 10,000 kip<br />
When you wake up you have 100,000 kip<br />
Have plenty of rice in the granary<br />
In 3 days Buddha will give you the emerald<br />
In 5 days the heaven will give you plenty of clothes and all the things you want<br />
If you are a son-in-law<br />
Be respectful to your parents<br />
Please do not try to deny your mistake<br />
Open your heart to listen to them<br />
When you chase the chicken, please say “so”<br />
When you chase the dog, please say “say”<br />
When you chase the buffalo, please say “hrr”<br />
Don’t be naughty in front of the senior cousins of the bride’s family<br />
Don’t say something nonsense<br />
Be fair and do not tell lies<br />
For the bride, please be the good daughter-in-law of your husband’s parents<br />
Don’t say anything about marrying another boy in front of your parents-in-law<br />
Because you are an excellent girl and have been selected to be the daughter-in-law<br />
When the sky is dark, do not travel alone<br />
The small house there is your aunt’s<br />
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