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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0065 00004

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628287

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Bunthat Sukhathivong

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:

21.1 x 4.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

21.1 x 4.3 cm

Text block dimension:

18.0 x 4.0 cm

Number of pages:

6 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text is used for blessing a buffalo by its owner. Before or after the plowing, the farmer will make a ceremony of blessing which is called “sut khwan khwai, recall for a buffalo’s guardian spirit” for his buffalo which is used for the plowing. This tradition is not popular right now because of less using the buffalo to plow. Most farmers use tractors for the plowing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ສູດຂວັນຄວາຍ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sūt khwan gwāi

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Recall for a buffalo’s guardian spirit

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao