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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1005/26 Subject Children

1. EAP1005/26/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1005/26/3
Title:
Ring (bracelet, anklet) removal ceremony; purification; fortune telling
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is about the bracelet removal ceremony for children (for a young child who is often sick, parents ask a shaman to spiritually "adopt" the child for a few years by giving him a bracelet or anklet; as the child grows up, the bracelet is removed); purification ritual for the sick peo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chamic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

2. EAP1005/26/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1005/26/16
Title:
Prayers, incantations used by Cham Brahmins
Scope & Content:
Mantras, incantations, and instructions for the offering ceremonies, rituals for curing illness, exorcism. Other parts are a written poem on how the young people should live a fair, responsible life to family, society. 114 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; covered by Chinese paper; writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chamic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
118 TIFF images

3. EAP1005/26/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1005/26/20
Title:
Finding auspicious and inauspicious dates; Talismans for shamans
Scope & Content:
Instructions for finding fair dates in a month, fair days in a week, fair hours in a day; instructions on fair directions for departures corresponding to each date and hour. Other parts include Incantations used by shamans to make amulets for children. 48 pages. Cham manuscript bound by thread...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chamic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
52 TIFF images

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