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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/25/9
Title:: Funeral ritual
Scope & Content:: The manuscript includes mantras used by Pasaih dignitaries to perform rituals in a Cham Brahmin funeral. 4 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 30cm x 20cm. A page is blank (004). The condition of ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26
Title:: Cham manuscripts inherited by Mr. Hai Thanh, from Phuoc Lap Village
Scope & Content:: 24 Cham manuscripts, paper, originally belonged to Mr. Hai Thanh. Subjects include: religious ceremonies, fortune telling, mantras, poem, legends, history, astronomy. Manuscripts were collected for research purposes by Mr. Thanh Phan. 24 manuscripts of handmade paper, handwritten text. Manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 1160 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26/2
Title:: Purification; agrireligionural ceremony; poem on the encouragement of learning
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang in the purification ceremonies for the dead; incantations used for rituals before, during and after the rice harvest; incantations to chase rats out of the rice paddy; a poem that incourages people to learn. 112 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; writ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 112 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26/8
Title:: Funeral prayers for Balamon Chams
Scope & Content:: Incantations, mantras used by Gru Urang dignitaries in Cham Brahmin funerals. 8 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; written in Chinese ink on printing paper; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 19cm x 14cm. The condition of the manuscript is deteriorating.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26/12
Title:: Incantations for Cham Brahmin
Scope & Content:: Basic incantations and mantras used by Gru Urang dignitaries to neutralize magic spells, exorcism, finding fair and deteriorating dates, for funeral rituals of the Hindi Cham. 74 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; cover using handmade paper; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 78 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26/14
Title:: Baisc fortune telling textbook
Scope & Content:: Instructions for basic fortune telling based on the hour of birth, physiognomy, and the sitting direction of a customer, how to relocate lost assets, evaluate ancestors' burial sites, how to make magic charms. 36 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; cover using handmade paper; written in C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 40 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/26/22
Title:: Ritual to call the house owner in Cham Ahier funeral
Scope & Content:: Mantras and instructions for performing rituals to call house owner to welcome back home the group of people who send off the dead. The ritual is performed by Gru Urang shamans. 6 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/27
Title:: Cham manuscripts inherited by Mr. Phu Tru, from Phuoc Lap Village
Scope & Content:: 24 Cham manuscripts, paper, originally belonged to Mr. Phu Tru. Subjects include: religious ceremonies, fortune telling, mantras. Manuscripts were collected for research purposes by Mr. Thanh Phan. 24 manuscripts of handmade paper, handwritten text. Manuscripts of Chinese paper, handmade paper...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 1272 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/27/3
Title:: Funeral rituals, incantations to make people hate one another
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang to perform the farewell ritual to the dead. Other parts includes incantations to make men hate women and vice versa (such as to make a husband leave his mistress); charms to harm the Kinh (Vietnamese) people; the making of amulets. 50 pages. Cham manuscript bound by t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 54 TIFF images

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