OF SOUKHUAN AND LAOS Elena Gregoria Chai Chin Fern Faculty ...
OF SOUKHUAN AND LAOS Elena Gregoria Chai Chin Fern Faculty ...
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The bigger one belongs to your uncle<br />
You are given this house by your parents-in-law<br />
We have given you the golden water well<br />
Take whatever you want<br />
When you have meat, please share with your aunt<br />
When you have fish, share it with your parents-in-law<br />
They believed you’re a good daughter-in-law<br />
If you have a son, please have a good son<br />
Do listen to the great grandparents<br />
Be sympathetic and generous to your cousins<br />
Your left eye do not look at the boys<br />
Your right eye do not look at another man for sex<br />
In the evening, set the food for your family<br />
In the morning, prepare lunch<br />
Do not sleep longer than normal<br />
Prepare betel leaves and roll cigarette for your husband<br />
You have a husband now<br />
Leave your old love which you have shared with someone before<br />
The bigger alcohol jar give to the people around<br />
The smaller one give to the senior people.<br />
This is the best speech from the Mor<br />
This is also the instruction from the thevada<br />
If you are having good luck<br />
You will be successful in all the said things<br />
Be patient<br />
Ma yer khuan er! (Ma yer!)<br />
Khuan of the husband please come back to be with your wife’s khuan<br />
In the evening sleep beside your partner<br />
Be loving, be a good couple<br />
Be prosperous<br />
Have good dreams days and nights<br />
Be healthy throughout your lives<br />
In this recital, it is noticeable that no words were mentioned about the thevada. The<br />
Mor Phon did not invite the thevada to come first, instead he went forward to call the<br />
khuan. At the start of the recital, ‘Mai Chan’ table and ‘Mai Keo’ bowl was<br />
mentioned. ‘Mai’ means wood and Mai Chan is a type of wood found a long time ago.<br />
I was informed by the elders that such wood is now extinct. “We used to have plenty<br />
of it in the forest” said the Mor Phon. Another elderly man told me his ancestors used<br />
to own plenty of such wood. ‘Keo’ means emerald and ‘Emerald Wood’ is a type of<br />
legendary wood found only in heaven. In other words, even though no specific<br />
invitation was given to the thevada, the stating of the ‘Mai Chan’ table and the ‘Mai<br />
Keo’ bowl connotes an invitation to the thevada angels to be present.<br />
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