Unique way of casting lots of Thai people in Nghe An
•March 25, 2017 10:41
(Baonghean.vn)- The Thai people in Western Nghe An have 3 ways of casting hexagrams: dropping rice on eggs, sticking a sword in a bowl of rice and casting hexagrams face up and face down with the purpose of...to verify whether the 'superior' has accepted what one does.
Watch the clip of a shaman dropping rice on an egg to cast a fortune:
During the ceremony to redeem the soul of the deceased, after performing the steps, the shaman will drop rice on 2 eggs. Photo: Dinh Tuan.
Before casting the hexagram, the shaman will choose an odd or even hexagram to ask for. If the shaman chooses an odd hexagram, when dropping rice grains on the egg, the number of rice grains stuck on the egg must be 1, 3, 5..., at this time the soul has been redeemed and returned home. Photo: Dinh Tuan.
If you ask for an even number, the rice grains after being dropped must stick to the egg with an even number such as: 2, 4... This means that the "superior" is favorable. Photo by Dinh Tuan.
Watch clip of shaman using sword to cast divination:
With the sword divination, the shaman uses a rice and an egg. After asking, the shaman takes the sword and puts it in the rice bowl, shakes it back and forth 3 times, then releases it. If the sword stands firmly in the rice bowl, it means the matter has been "certified" by the gods. Even if the sword stands firmly in the rice bowl, the shaman will use a fan, fan it strongly 3 times, if the sword does not fall, then this divination is very good, everything will go smoothly. Photo: Dinh Tuan.
In addition to casting hexagrams in the above two ways, Thai people also cast hexagrams using two bamboo sticks (these two bamboo sticks must be taken from two different bamboo trees) and a wooden stick. This casting of hexagrams is usually not done indoors but mainly in the garden... Photo: Dinh Tuan.
The shaman will use two bamboo sticks to hit the wooden stick hard and then release his hands. If one stick is up and the other is down, the job is done well. Photo: Dinh Tuan.
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