A đầy tháng prayer text that addresses only the ancestors

Cúng Mụ đầy cữ, đầy tháng (offering to the Midwife Goddesses on the third-day and first-month ceremonies). Đầy cữ (the baby is 3 days old) and đầy tháng; the đầy tháng day is counted by the lunar calendar, and in many places the day is moved back depending on whether the baby is a boy or a girl

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Address to the ancestors

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What this prayer says

Prayer to the ancestors at the đầy tháng (first-month ceremony), in which the family sincerely offers incense, flowers, tea, fruit and offerings before the altar to report to the ancestors the new family member who has reached one month of age, asking the ancestors to witness it and to wish the child health and peace. It is recited in the ancestor-worship part.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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