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Grave-abandoning Ritual of the Raglai
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00002007
    Country Vietnam
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events Knowledge and practices about nature and the universe
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    Ba Cụm Bắc Commune, Khánh Sơn District, Khánh Hòa Province
    Year of Designation 2012
Description Their most important ritual, is to say goodbye forever between the living and the dead so that the dead can return to eternity. They prepare elaborately months in advance, the most important of which is the Kagor - a wooden boat with many decorations, placed on the roof of the tomb. This is what remains of their sea memory. The ritual lasted for three days. On the first day, the incense holder holds a "spiritual spiritual object" as a ritual to inform the dead about the time, schedule and rituals of worship; worship Kagor. On the second day, they perform the ceremony of "beating pigs and chickens", eating together the last meal with the dead at the tomb, then singing all night so that the living and the dead are no longer entangled with each other. On the third day, they "offer the breakfast", the "Retirement Ceremony" with the rituals of "dividing wealth", "goodbye to Kagor" and "terminating".
Community Ba Cụm Bắc Commune, Khánh Sơn District, Khánh Hòa Province
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ICHCAP(Minyung Jung)
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