Southeast Asia Digital Library

Fortune, rituals of worship when being haunted in ghosts, the way to build an ancient altar

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manuscripts (document genre)

1850-1900

This manuscript was written by Mr. Luong Dai Ve's grandfather (whose name is forgotten). After he died, he bequeathed it to Mr. Luong Mat (Mr.Ve's father). After that, he gave to Mr. Ve in 1975 when Mr. Ve was at Gru urang.

76 unnumbered pages

Cham manuscript, bound by threads, covered in hard paper, written in Chinese ink on double "Quyến" paper. The manuscript is creased and curved at its corners. The manuscript is written in 2 ways. Page 1 to 18 written one way, from page 19 onward written differently. The manuscript has one blank page (page 32).

The topics of the manuscript are fortune, magic and rituals. The content is about fortune, rituals of worship when being haunted in ghosts, the way to build an ancient altar.

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)

Magic
Rituals

Magic
Rituals
Vietnam
Viet Nam (nation)
Tỉnh Ninh Thuận (province)
Ninh Hải (Vietnam : District)
Xuan Hai ward
Phuoc Nhon village