A short, easy-to-read đầy tháng prayer text

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

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

A short, easy-to-read first-month prayer text, in which the family presents incense, flowers, tea, fruit, xôi and chè and other offerings to the deities who protect childbirth and young children, respectfully reports to the household deities and the ancestors of both sides, expresses gratitude and wishes the child health, peace and a childhood in love. Recited before the altar during the whole ceremony.

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

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How it differs from the common version

Modern prose, with no Buddha chant and no homage naming any specific deity ('các vị bảo trợ việc sinh thành và trẻ nhỏ'); adds the parents' vow to care for and teach the child; ends with 'Gia đình chúng con kính lễ'.

The common version: Prayer text for the Mụ offering (đầy cữ, đầy tháng, đầy năm)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng Mụ đầy cữ, đầy tháng (offering to the Midwife Goddesses on the third-day and first-month ceremonies)

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Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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