| Description |
Building a house from wood requires a specific ceremony with different stages. One of them is called “Leuk Mae Dombol” which means lifting the beam and it is considered to be the most important part of the construction. Before lifting the beam, it needs to be prepared on the ground by tightening Yantra to the center of the beam. The Yantra is called Yant Kruoch, it features a cell with a quail figure in the centre. There was a Buddhist tale behind the reason why people use the quail figure in Yantra. The story goes that the Buddha was once born as a quail in a forest. One day the fire started to burn that forest, the fire was burning everywhere except a small ..where he stayed. For this reason, people believed that the Yantra can help to protect the house from fire. Apart from Yant, house owners also have their clothes and different kinds of snacks to attach to the beam. Then they lift the beam above and shout with a loud noise. Through observation, the house owner (male) is waiting seems like the beam is a human, he is welcoming the beam with the pillow and betel box. When the beam lifted to where it is arranged, they attached it to other materials then the snacks, and clothes will be removed to the ground, only Yant Kruoch was kelp there without touching |
