Prayer text for the land and local deities, Thổ Công (thôi nôi ceremony)

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
  • Address to the deities

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer to the local earth deities and Thổ Công (Earth God of the house) at the thôi nôi (first-birthday ceremony), inviting the deities to witness and receive the offering celebrating the child's first full year, and asking them to bless the child with health, a good appetite and quick growth, and the family with warmth and happiness; recited when making offerings to the deities.

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

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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)

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