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Collection
Endangered Cham Manuscripts of Vietnam
Title

Fortune for Kinh people, dream interpretation, treatment of certain illnesses, rituals of divorce, temple rituals, amulets, rituals for capturing the soul

Resource Type

text

Genre

manuscripts (document genre)

Date Created

1900-2000

Ownership

This manuscript was given to Mr. Thanh Nha (father of Mr. Phong) by Mr. Thanh Van Phong's grandmother in the 1960s. After the death of Mr. Thanh Nha (in 2000), the manuscript was saved by Mr. Thanh Van Phong.

Extent

90 unnumbered pages

Physical Description

Cham manuscript, bound by threads, no covers, written in Chinese ink on cement paper. The status of the manuscript is good. The manuscript has lines drawn in pencil, some pages are drawn in Chinese ink. The manuscript has 2 pages with erased pen (page 30,44).

Note(s)

The topics of this manuscript are astrology, fortune, magic, marriage - family. The content is about fortune for Kinh people, dream interpretation, treatment of certain illnesses, rituals of divorce, temple rituals, amulets, rituals for capturing the soul.

Funding Source

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).

Language

Chamic languages

Geographic (Getty)

Viet Nam (nation)
Tỉnh Ninh Thuận (province)

Geographic (Library of Congress)

Vietnam
Ninh Hải (Vietnam : District)

Topic

Astrology, Vietnamese
Magic
marriage - family

Subject

Astrology, Vietnamese
Magic
marriage - family
Vietnam
Viet Nam (nation)
Tỉnh Ninh Thuận (province)
Ninh Hải (Vietnam : District)
Xuan Hai ward
Phuoc Nhon village

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