Prayer text for the Lễ cáo Long Thần Thổ Địa (before digging the grave)

Lễ cáo Long thần Thổ địa (rite to inform the Long thần and Thổ địa) before digging the grave. Before digging the grave; when lowering the coffin, the earth deity is again offered sacrifice

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

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What this prayer says

Prayer text in the rite reporting to the Long thần (Dragon God) and Thổ địa (Earth God) before digging the grave, in which the chief mourner offers offerings and reports that the family is in mourning, asking the deities to let the deceased rest in peace and to protect the descendants; recited before digging the grave.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn trong lễ tang (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn Long Thần Thổ Địa trước khi đào huyệt (tuvi.vn)

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