Tu Sub process
items needed
1. red and white strings
2. a piece of black cloth (you will burn this so use ones that can burn. Use cotton and not plastic )
3. Gather all the tools you used the previous year like (knives, ax, shovels, etc...)
4. The plant we used to brush your home with is call pampas grass (tauj). When fully bloom. The flowers of this plant can be different colors.
You will need three stems from this plant or you can substitute it with lemon grass if you don't have this plant.
But it must be long and the leafs must extend out.
twine the black cloth into a rope
Use this to tie the three grass plants together, tie it in the middle.
Also tie one red and white string to the grass plant as well.
You will then light the black cloth on fire (Make sure you don't light the red and white strings)
Once it is lite you will use it to brush the house (cheb tsev)
Before lighting it on fire
Put your used tools like knives shovels under the Xwm Kaab
Have each of your family members stand in the living room and
put one piece of white string and one piece of red simple on their head
Now light the black cloth and brushed the house
This is what you say
You can substitute cheb with lwm
nub nua kuj tsi yog chem plig nam plig txiv, plig tub plig ki,
tsi yog cheb plig nyaj plig kub plig, qoob plig loo
kuv tsi yog cheb plig tsaj plig txhuv, plig maaj plig ntuag
nuv nua mas kuv yuav cheb tug sub tawg tug sub ntshaa
sub kua muag ab kua muag dlaw
cheb tug sub moog tsaug teg tug sub moog tsaug taw
nuv nua mas kuv yuav cheb mob cheb ntsaaj cheb swv cheb npus
cheb khawv yaaj khawv yug khawv txiv khawv kus tais fuas les nyaa
kuv yuav cheb tug sub sis ntaus tug sub sis tshev,
tug sub kev phem tug sub kev tsis zoo
kuv yuav cheb kev mob cheb kev nkeeg
cheb moog rua suav tawg rua suav tawg kub
cheb rua dlej tshoob, es dlej tshoob moog poog lawm zaaj qhov
quas ntsej tsi nov, muag xov pum
kuas kuv ib tsev nam tub txiv quas nyuas cuaj tsib kaum rau leej
cuab tsib kaum rau tug, noj qaab nyob zoo
nyob tsi muaj mob tsi muaj nkeeg, tsi muaj plaub tsi muaj ntug tsi muaj xaiv muaj lug
nyob yim nyob xua nyob kaaj nyob huv nyob dlawb nyob zoo
nub nua kuj tsi yog chem plig nam plig txiv, plig tub plig ki,
tsi yog cheb plig nyaj plig kub plig, qoob plig loo
tsi yog cheb plig tsaj plig txhuv, plig maaj plig ntuag
nuv nua mas kuv yuav cheb tug sub tawg tug sub ntshaa sub kua muag ab kua muag dlaw
cheb rua khauv pis leg, cheb tug sub moog tsaug teg tug sub moog tsaug taw
cheb tug sub sis ntaus sis tshev, tug sub kev phem tug sub kev tsis zoo
nuv nua mas kuv yuav cheb mob cheb ntsaaj cheb swv cheb npus cheb khawv yaaj khawv yug khawv txiv khawv kus
tais fuas les nyaa, kua muag ab kua muag dlaw
cheb moog rua nub coog hli kawg
cheb moog rua suav tawg rua suav tawg kub, cheb rua dlej tshoob
es dlej tshoob moog poog lawm zaaj qhov, quas ntsej tsi nov, muag xov pum
cheb rua ntsuab roob quas ntoo luv ntoo voob, cheb rua ntsuab dlawg quas ntoo luv ntoo txhaw
kuas kuv ib tsev nam tub txiv quas nyuas cuaj tsib kaum rau leej cuab tsib kaum rau tug, noj qaab nyob zoo
nyob tsi muaj mob tsi muaj nkeeg, tsi muaj plaub tsi muaj ntug tsi muaj xaiv muaj lug
nyob yim nyob xua nyob kaaj nyob huv nyob dlawb nyob zoo
Another version
Once you finished brushing the house, you take the strings from each person's head and put them all together and get them ready to ship to the person's house, where the family will tu sub this year.