The ritual of cutting hair of the Cham Ba-ni
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The ritual of cutting hair of the Cham Ba-ni
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When Islam (Islam) was introduced into the Cham community, the Cham people made many important changes to convert this religion into Bani religion. Cham people follow the Bani religion, also known as Cham Bani, turning the month of Ramadan into a festival RamuwanBesides worshiping Allah, we still keep the custom of worshiping our ancestors and some other gods. The Cham Bani people believe that, at birth, everyone is a Cham, but at a certain age, people must enter the Bani religion to become an official Cham Bani. That occasion of initiation is called the coming of age ceremony. Especially with the matriarchy, the coming-of-age ceremony of women is of special importance, affirming the girl's position in the community with the right to decide her own marriage. When Cham Bani girls are about to reach puberty, about 10-12 years old, their families will hold a ceremony Karoh, To be hair cutting ceremony, to mark this important milestone in life.

Ceremony Karoh It took place over three days, organized by a girl's family. At that time, the senior monks were invited to preside over the ceremony, representing the system of religious dignitaries. As for the community, the children are guided and closely watched by Muk Buh, was Mrs. Dam, an elderly woman of prestige in the village. Whether a family organizes the ceremony, Karoh will gather other girls of the same age and clan to perform in groups. Next to the girls when performing the ceremony, there must always be a boy as the role Po Ladhi, to balance masculinity – women in the ceremony.
Giving birth to a daughter is considered a blessing by the Cham people. The woman holds the land, wealth, property in the family, the man who gets married will go to his wife's house to stay. Children in the family follow their mother's last name. During the ceremony Karoh, girls are prepared with costumes and jewelry, learn to perform rituals in the traditional way, begin to feel their own social responsibility but at the same time are always observed and supported by friends and family. mothers in the family.

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Hair cutting ceremony

An extremely important character in the Karoh ceremony is Muk Buh, who will guide the children's ritual procedures during the three days of performing Karoh. Each village has only one Muk Buh, voted and trusted by all.

Opening ceremony

Muk Buh is performing the ceremony of opening the ceremony and measuring the rice on the opening day. The next family will use this rice to cook all kinds of offerings for the next three days. Little cake and sticky rice cake are two main types of cakes in Karoh.

Steamed cake a little

The ladies are wrapping and placing the cakes in the steaming basket.

Sticky rice cake with tea

Sticky rice cake is made from glutinous rice. When the cake is steamed, people pour the cake into a large bowl, press it evenly, and then sprinkle the surface with roasted yellow sesame seeds. Nia cake is cut into square or diamond pieces as you like.

The day of entering the festival of Pahdan papah

On the day of entering Pahdan papah, the children are cared for by relatives to prepare costumes and ritual jewelry. Each child will have a betel nut basket to hold the betel nut offering.

Karoh's ceremony

Waiting to hear Muk Buh arrange the sitting order to worship. Karoh is usually organized in groups of about six to ten children. The daughter of the family celebrating the ceremony is always ordered first, then arranged according to the proximity of other children.

Children in costumes

The children are dressed in traditional costumes according to the ceremony, including nhjam scarf, white ao dai and aban. The hair is tied up in a high bun, and many precious jewels are worn on the neck and hands, showing the completeness of the family.

Karoh's Ritual

After being dressed in traditional costumes for the ceremony, the children were told to be careful not to go out and play. Karoh is performed when children are about to reach puberty, have not yet menstruated, from seven to 12 years old.

Going to the place of the baptism ceremony

After changing their clothes, Muk Buh takes the children to a stream or ditch near the house to bathe in a cleansing ceremony, wash away bad luck and keep what is good to prepare for becoming a young woman.

Baptism Ceremony

During the baptismal ceremony, the children pulled their aban skirts above their breasts. Muk Buh poured water while saying a prayer.

Candlelight offering ceremony

After finishing the cleansing ceremony, in the evening, Muk Buh will guide the group to arrange the offerings in the betel nut basket, including betel nut, areca, lime, and medicine. At this time, the children hold a ceremony to light candles and offer betel nut, invite their ancestors to attend and witness their children and grandchildren go through the coming of age ceremony. This candlelight offering ceremony has been omitted in Ninh Thuan, only performed in the Cham community in Binh Thuan.

Dear Ancestors

On the second night in Karoh, the children stayed together to learn how to bow to their ancestors according to the traditional custom. The process of bowing takes place in many steps, with many movements that need to be done right, so it takes time to practice.

Harei dwei . ceremony

Harei dwei ceremony day. On this main holiday, the children are officially recognized to the Bani religion, given a new name to follow for the rest of their lives.

Baptism ceremony after the ceremony

On the morning of the ceremony, the children were led by Muk Buh to perform the final cleansing ceremony.

calves carrying betel nut

After returning, each child carried his own betel nut basket and placed it in the pavilion.

Baby in costume

Portrait of a baby in a complete dress, preparing for the ceremony.

Preparing for the ceremony

Muk Buh led the children in order to enter the main ceremony theater. The daughter of the family that organizes the ceremony will take the lead, followed by other children, based on their closeness to the host family.

Main Theater

In the main ceremony theater, the daughter of the family celebrating the ceremony is dressed in a special yellow dress to make it easy to distinguish.

Host the main ceremony

Mr. Po Gru or Mr. Imum will preside over the main ceremony in the theater.

Ritual of ceremony

The children were put a grain of salt in their mouths, cut some hair with scissors (symbolic), then took a sip of water and bowed to the three celebrants in turn.

Baby boy Po Ladhi

The boy plays Po Ladhi in the ceremony.

Pray for blessings

Behind the children are the mothers and fathers of the family, clasping their hands to pray for the children to receive many blessings.

Eat rice in the worship ceremony

The girls go back to the theater to rest and eat during the worshiping ceremony, each child will have a tray of rice with full flavors: Sweet, spicy, sour, sour .., blessed by Muk buh with half a boiled chicken.

Thanksgiving ceremony for Master Ca

After the meal, the children returned to the main theater to give thanks to the Elder monks for the last time. After the Karoh ceremony, children have the right to decide their own lives, officially being the children of the Ba ni people.

Family, relatives give gifts

Outside the theater, relatives, relatives and friends of the family will leave gifts as a blessing for the children, which can be used as dowries in the future. Gifts can be money, cattle or Khon Njram, traditional Aban dress.

Portraits of important characters in the Haircut Ceremony

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(The spelling of the local words in this note is the way the locals transliterate themselves into Mandarin (Vietnamese) the way they pronounce it. This means that there may be different pronunciations and do not follow the same standard.)

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