Prayer text to the ancestors at the bride's house before the bride leaves for marriage

Wedding ceremony: yết cáo (announcement) to the household deities and ancestors. On the days of chạm ngõ (first formal meeting), ăn hỏi (betrothal), and wedding; some households also hold a ceremony on the day of lại mặt (return visit to the bride's family)

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

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

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