Prayer text for ancestors (when the child turns one year old)

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 ancestors

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer to ancestors at the thôi nôi (first-birthday ceremony), when the child reaches one year, offering gifts to paternal and maternal ancestors and asking for protection so the child eats well and grows quickly and the whole family stays healthy; recited before the ancestral altar.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn lễ cúng mụ (Đầy cữ, đầy tháng, đầy năm) (vankhan.vn)

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