Prayer text for the thôi nôi ceremony for a baby girl and a baby boy

Cúng thôi nôi, đầy năm (first-birthday ceremony, full-year ceremony). When the baby is exactly 12 months old, counted by the lunar calendar

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer for the thôi nôi (first-birthday ceremony) of a baby girl or boy, offering to the Buddhas, the Tiên Bà (Heavenly Ladies), the honored deities, Thổ Công (Earth God of the house) and the earth's veins, Thổ Địa (Earth God) and paternal and maternal ancestors, giving thanks for a safe birth for mother and child and asking protection so the child eats and sleeps well, is intelligent and safe, and the family is peaceful; recited 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

This version is specific to the first-birthday day ('Nay nhân ngày đầy năm'); it adds a chant to Quan Thế Âm at the beginning and the end; it does not have the line paying homage to the Thập nhị bộ Tiên Nương; the third deity is called 'Thiên Mụ'.

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

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Sources

  • Lễ vật và bài văn cúng thôi nôi cho bé trai, bé gái (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
  • Bài cúng thôi nôi cho bé trai và bé gái (hoatieu.vn)
  • Cách cúng thôi nôi miền Trung (docungtamlinh.com.vn)

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

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