Prayer text for the yết cáo (announcement) to the Gia Thần (household deities) and Gia tiên (ancestors) (on the occasion of a wedding)
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
Culture and belief A record of custom.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Lines that depend on the occasion
- Sinh trai có vợ (nếu là nhà trai), Sinh gái có chồng (nếu là nhà gái): The groom's family reads the upper sentence, the bride's family reads the lower sentence.
- con trai (con gái): Choose according to whether it is the groom's family or the bride's family.
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Wedding ceremony: yết cáo (announcement) to the household deities and ancestors
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors at the bride's house before the bride leaves for marriage
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors at the groom's house when the bride is brought home
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for the lễ lại mặt (return visit to the bride's family) after the wedding day
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsShort prayer text on the occasion of a wedding
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn khi cưới gả (vankhan.vn)
- Văn khấn cưới gả yết cáo Gia thần, Gia tiên (tuvi.vn)
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