Thov Ua Neeb
Asking a shaman to preform the healing ritual, moog thov ua neeb
You go to the shaman's house with nine incense ( ) wrapped with three sheets of paper money (?? Big ones or small ones ??) and you just asking him ( ) to perform the ritual to fix whoever. Explain to the him what you would like done.
Asking the shaman
saab saab koj tab swm thov koj paab ua ib thaaj neeb khu ku (person your trying to heal), thov koj nawb (Pes (Bow once))
You bow once after you have asked him/her ( )
If he agrees to perform the ritual then you light the nine incense into his
before you can bring his shaman material ( neeg,
neeg) with you to your house.
tug txiv neej cov
neeb
The three paper you do not burn you just put them on the thaaj
In some cases they will tell you they will bring their shaman material on the day of. Make sure to ask him what he would prefer.
In this case do you still burn the incense???
When the neej is complete and you send the shamans materal back to his home. First thing you do is put whatever materail he has nicely on the thaaj, then you once again light nine more incense and place them on the thaaj neej, indicating that hab tas luas tau yeej tau tshuab, luas tsov qaab lug nyob luas qhov chaw
You are suppose to burn the incense to indicate that they the leaving the house when you first take the shamans material, then you burn them again when you bring them back to indicate that they are back home.
???Placement of the incense. You put 3 in the middle and two to each side, then you place two on the side
Day of the ritual
(fried uncook rice, grinded), you put on top of two papers on each side of the shaman
?????I don't get this part, where do you put these????? Bowl of water
and place some incense candles. thawj xyaab lwj
They way you make this you put raw rice grains into a gill pan, once the grains pop or open you take it of the grill.
THis is food for the dlaab qhua
YOu want to kib a little and throw them away so that the bad spirits follow that batch. Then you make more for the txiv neej cov dlaab qhua. When you throw away the first batch you say "swm saib paaj moov puas tawg".
CUtting the pig for the txiv neej
?????For use we cut three ribs with the leg and the head, and we put the tail into the mouth of the pig?????
which side of the pig?????
Other txiv neej may want exactly 3 or 4 ribs
(Person's name), saab saab koj le kuas thov koj tuaj khu kuv nam tub txis nyua, may also explain what you are asking to heal. thov koj nawb (Pes (Bow))
thov qhua num qhua tswv neb nag neeb txi qhua txi qhua laug, cuaj paj neeb xwm, yim paj neeb laug, cuaj paj txiv zej, yim paj txiv kooj, suav quav dlawg nawb (Pes (Bow) twice)
Khwv txug koj sav os (Person's name), (Pes (Bow))
Khwv qhua num qhua tswv neb nag neeb txi qhua txi qhua laug, cuaj paj neeb xwm, yim paj neeb laug, suav quav dlawg naws (Pes (Bow) twice)
First say thanks to the shaman for performing the ceremony, then his aid, then finally every one else for helping
thanks to the shaman
Ua tsaug (Person's name) nub nua lawv koj ntauj nce ntauj nqeg tuaj ua neeb khu kuv nam tub txis nyua noj qaab nyob zoo,
peb caus tug ntxuag tsuab saub rooj lug ua koj ib lug tsaug los tsis muaj le
Tsuab muaj ib lub rooj qhuav tuaj lwv koj xws, es ua koj tsaug os. (Pes (Bow) )
Ua qhua num qhua tswv neb nag neeb txi qhua txi qhua laug, cuaj paj neeb xwm, yim paj neeb laug, cuaj paj txiv zej, yim paj txiv kooj, suav quav dlawg tsuag os (Pes (Bow))
Ua tsaug (Person's name) nub nua koj tuaj paab saij neeb khu kuv nam tub txis nyua noj qaab nyob zoo,
tsis muab tug ntxuag tsuab saub rooj lug ua koj tsaug los ua koj tsaug nawd.
Ua tsaug tsuab cob neej cob tsaav cob kwv cob tij cob nyob cob dlej nyob ze, mej taag tshov, mej swm mej sij hawm tuaj paab dlev paab cawj paab zug paab num, e thaaj neeb nuas txaj taj
The little tin can or cup where you place the incense into is called the thawj xyaab lwj