Southeast Asia Digital Library

Study of Maduen, instruction of Mr. Maduen, the method for invoking God before demon-dispelling ceremony, instruction at home in mourning of Cham Ahier people, instruction for becoming a shaman, study of clean water, chants in Rija Praong ceremony, dispelling bad karma and disaster, agricultural instruction, the art of redendering someone insane, ancient recitations to proctect oneself, recitation about Gods

text

manuscripts (document genre)

1925-1975

This manuscript was inherited by Mr. Thanh Chau from his grandfather, named Duong Po, in 2002.

68 unnumbered pages

Cham manuscript bound by threads, covered in hard paper with black net cloth outside, written in Chinese ink on book paper. The manuscript is worm-damaged along its margins and spine. The manuscript has brown traces, the spine is loose. The manuscript has 2 blank pages. Page 1-2 are torn from the manuscript. Page 15 and 16 are quite torn. Page 61-62 and 63-64 are torn from the manuscript.

Topics include religion, ceremony, magic, myth. The content is about the study of Maduen, instruction of Mr. Maduen, the method for invoking God before demon-dispelling ceremony, instruction at home in mourning of Cham Ahier people, instruction for becoming a shaman, study of clean water, chants in Rija Praong ceremony, dispelling bad karma and disaster, agricultural instruction, the art of redendering someone insane, ancient recitations to protect oneself, recitation about Gods.

Digitization of this manuscript was funded by the British Libaries' Endangered Archives Programme through the project, Digitisation of the Endangered Cham Manuscripts of Vietnam (no. EAP698).

Chamic languages

Viet Nam (nation)
Tỉnh Ninh Thuận (province)

Vietnam
Ninh Hải (Vietnam : District)

Religion
Rites and ceremonies
Magic
Myth

Religion
Rites and ceremonies
Magic
Myth
Vietnam
Viet Nam (nation)
Tỉnh Ninh Thuận (province)
Ninh Hải (Vietnam : District)
Xuan Hai ward
Phuoc Nhon village