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Purification rituals, tales of termite mounds, rituals to become Gru urang (priests, shamans, exorcists)
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1875-1925
Mr. Quang Van Dai's father handed down the material to him, who has kept it for about 50 years.
81 unnumbered pages
Cham manuscripts, bound into volumes with thread and hemmed with two flat strips of wood. The covers were made of thin blue cloth with white stiff paper glued on the inner sides. The content was written in Akhar Thrah language with India ink on thin paper. Each page had a blue border. Pages were numbered in order with blue ink. The material is in good condition. Size (width - length), 19 x 12 cm
It covers the themes of religious rituals and history. The content is about purification rituals, tales of termite mounds, rituals to become Gru urang (priests, shamans, exorcists).
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
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