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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00195
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627899
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Rites; Ritual
Copyist:
Anonymous
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
27.2 x 4.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
27.2 x 4.7 cm
Text block dimension:
24.4 x 4.4 cm
Number of pages:
12 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text tells the practice for a baby who is weak and often ill. The belief in the birth is that the baby’s illness might be affected by the spirit of who used to be his or her previous mother. She wants to take her child back. The ritual will close their relationship, and the baby will be grown up naturally. At present, this ritual is practiced in the remote villages, not popular in the rural villages due to the people bringing their babies to see a doctor, when they are sick.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ກໍາເລີດເດັກນ້ອຍ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Kam loet dek nòi
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Birth of a baby
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao
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