The New Years yolk

      The tradition "Kuem-Sue-Kuem-Mee-Ar-Peaw” is appearing later as bingunder interdiction from burning a farm in the middle of April.  Straight with month of Akha people is "Kuem-Sue-Ba-La”. Alha people will perform a ceremony "Kuem-Sue-Kuem-Mee-Ar-Peaw” (Kuem-Sue mean New Year, Kuem-Mee mean the night of the old year and Ar-Peaw mean the deceased ancestor has gone, when altogether that mean the tradition Happy New Year or call the tradition new year bump against an egg.

This tradition has egg comes to use in perform a ceremony and a child will have playing bumps against an egg by dying an egg to red , and put in basket hangs in the back. The tradition bumps against an egg of the Akha people that have to arrive long times ago, can not fix that when have come to. There is just the history that tell each other that, the culture leader and administration of the Akha people “Jow-Ma” and a doctor prays the ceremonial “Phi-Ma” which there is administration community role has the arrangement meeting consult about administration community by use rule tradition substance according to the Akha is respecting.

In the meeting have to inviting the culture and the administration leader. The first person name “Jew-Jor-Huem-Na-Gwe-Jew” an assistant “Kher-Jeaw-Ar-Yor” the hill tribes by start the meeting since on the begin full moon until the 14 of fullmoon or Akha call that “La-Dae-Ti-Hya”. At this period will have all work ends because they must have the meeting of all leaders in the village.       The Akha people start assembling that call “Kuem-Aew-Ar-Paew”. The ceremonial day first, when see 1 period from full moon, the Akha people call that “La-Dae-Thi-Hya”. They will have the beginning perform a new ceremony that call “Kuem-Sue-Ar-Peaw” that mean the ceremony welcomes the new year and the Akha people gives the meaning includes the living things greeting , at a new born in every kind in the world in April. When perform a ceremony finished, they will have performing a ceremony call that “Kuem-Mi-Ar-Pewa”. This ceremony that happen for celebrate a New Year and celebrate the culture leader position and community administration “Jow-Ma” by a leader has performing a ceremony of the bearings calls that “Jow-Hla-Hya-Er” that is the end of the ceremonial.

There is the analysis have the activity of the teenager. That make the child has interest and not bored by playing reddish yellow activity distribute to the teenager. For the child has dying eggshell to red, then playing as seize bump against. The ceremonial activities step. The performing a ceremony of religion way in this tradition, they will very with in 5 days for this ceremonial have no the data to tell the reason.       The first date, ceremony is “Kuem-Aew-Ar-Paew”. In the morning, each family will go to bail out for use in the ceremonial. The community has fixed the source of water is pure. The arrival will bail out to is woman or a man all right but like to be woman more than. The water that fetches that calls that “E-Ju-E-Sor” the pure water. Before scoop the water must have the rubbing their face, pay a leg cleanly and do the mind are pure. They will form a queue go to the scoop, when bail out finished they get back to a house and  give dip sticky rice will to boil to perform a ceremony, moreover, must give clean the place in front of the house. Indoor have to arrangement picks wares too orderly for welcome ancestor spirit that pass away that they believe in that the ancestor spirit will come to have a meal that make offerings or sacrifice to the spirits. They think that will make them has good fortune. Thus, the person who perform a ceremony satisfy cold and do cheerful mind for the virtue and don't give wrong the step of performs ceremony. The person who will perform a ceremony must a man only and prohibit a woman will be a person perform a ceremony because of a woman doesn't be person is descended from species.

but can be a person prepare wares has in performing a ceremony, except a woman who have the position equals a man, call that “Ya-Yea-Ar-Ma” that can perform a ceremony by will perform a ceremony in the woman bed area because it is the equipment storage that makes offerings or sacrifice to the spirits. In the midday, they will have the beginning performs a ceremony. The day first of performing a ceremony will don't use a chicken. Early in the evening, they have building balcony small-sized about 12 x 12 inch call that “Ja-Lae-Gwe-Pae-Er-Kue-KA” this for the ceremony on the date second. The ceremony on the date second is a peel eggshell ceremony. On the morning by balcony porch has will 9 level ladders, 4 amounts are pole and use bamboo equipment. When building finished them will take the clod of earth come to lay keep 1 a piece. At night about 19.00 o'clock, they will have performing a ceremony “Ar-Paew-Lor-Gong-U” it is washes equipment that use in the offering. When finished the rubbing keep the offering equipment in the cabinet. That be finished the ceremony day first and in the nighttime of today will have the ceremonial that the teenager has will pound sticky rice that dips. Akha cal that “Chae-Ma-Tong-Er” for wrap it be a sweets boils and they call is “Tae-Pu/ Tae-Wa-Pu” for distribute give to a guest. They pound the sticky from the mortar.Every teenager will wait for to pound by don't back to sleep, they call that “Kuem-Sue-Kuem-Hlo-Hlo” When while crow, they believe in that who is the first person who pound sticky rice that will have the merit or is the day welcome,  greet of New Year's Day.

Date 2, “Kuem-Sue-Ar-Paew” they will performing a ceremony in the early morning. The performing a ceremony step is take a ceremony liquor, call that “Ji-Ba-Ji_Si”  and insert a small wood add go to tie adjoin offering cabinet “Por-Hlae-Por-Tu” and pour the water adds a cup and tiny bowl bails out, call that “E-Jong-Jong-Er” add one drinking wooden bamboo kind straw that the name is “Ar-Ma-Ji-Ter” but now can use other bamboo. They will bail out add the bamboo tube. Milled rice that does in the morning come to mold is a ball and then to boil crookedly and boil 1 egg together with substance sticky rice for use rice is pure. When it cooked already give mix black sesames calls that “Ja-Lae-Lae-Pu” this section uses to perform a ceremony by use 1 hen. Bail out from a cup that reserve to wash a chicken are pure by water at a leg, body, head that dot vacates 3 time regard that chicken rubbing, cleanly, be pure. Then, beat at chicken head by the wood that they prepare and strangle die. The burning chicken prohibits using the hot water scalds. When burn finished then wash cleanly and cut open a chicken, first thing to take the stomach that chicken throat goes out, break two leg spreads beside by stick the body, force open the ridgepole out by give chicken entrails adjoin chicken structure, wash clean chop all component for worship as liver, chicken calf, ridgepole of a roof meat and use a cup that prepare and add salts, ginger, milled rice sticky reserve that call this cup is “Kuem-Hma-Hla-Ka”. The typical Thai dish crookedly.

1. Cooked chicken has already, put pot down and take a kind of wooden utensil in northern Thailand.from that time fetch a chicken adds to bamboo cup first that have chicken calf, liver, 3 ridgepoles of a roves and soups 2. Suck ceremony liquor that has the pure water from “Ji-Pa-Ji-Si” add down cup number 2. 3. Boil tea and will use the ginger and the tea leave add all altogether add bamboo cup number 3. 4. Take rice is pure “Hor-Sor”. It is rice which still no changes the cooking pretend rice is pure for uses in performing a ceremony add in basket number 1. 5. Take second ear of paddy growing from a reaped rice sticky boils that rub with black sesames about 3 pieces add in basket number 2.   6. When the offering already. Take very small stool together with kind of wooden utensil in northern Thailand go to put near the offering cabinet about 3 minute this means that finished the sacrificial ceremony. From that time put down. A person who performs a ceremony is the first person to eat the offering and call the family member comes to eat. Finished, and then pick the offering in milled rice cabinets. 7. A person who perform a ceremony will bring an egg which boil and sticky as a ball that boil, which  sticky rice has will though down black sesames and not down black sesame and ladle rice that made from bamboo adds in rice dish. Bring it to the area where build balcony porch and then, egg carving, and sticky rice boils to give the earth eats call that “Ja-Lae-Lae-Gwe-Pae-Er” mean peel egg for protect and the progress. Which while, there is egg carving gives the earth eats that have to say something that “U-Mo-Jor-Er-Ar-Hya-Hya-Pa-Sorjue-Josa-Le-lor-Yaji-Yapaew-Pawenetimor-Jor-Er-Yada-Josa-Lelor” mean which a pig that feed in the house cellar has bigging, which male red chicken has long spur and big. 8. When do finished the ceremony , get back to a house and egg carving( be regarded as food to eat ) with kitchen apparatus such as frying rice pan / an earthen jar boils rice, pet and other for show the protection are born the dangers there. That's why, if  a person who will go out hunt animal or seek of the forest will don't eat this egg because they believe in that the arrival seeks of all forest it might don't meet because of it an egg which about protecting. 9. The next step is performing a ceremony “Ja-Lae-Lae-Gwe-Da-Er” it is going up the symbol of protection in a family by use thin bamboo-stripes that have 2 pieces heel strengths by round the heel has will sticky rice as a ball carving at boils cooked that use in the ceremony. The sticky rice will that boil this cooked use bilateral the part that is the sticky rice as a ball that mix with black sesame and not mix with black sesame by carving alternates that the heel vacates 9 pieces. Then, insert it at the door where a roof both of a man and a woman that show about to prevention the badness arrive at indoor. 10. When perform a ceremony finished already, woman side or might young woman will have egg deceit has by dying eggshell to red and ads in a basket. Then, give a child carries back and forth and go to ask for the red egg from each family or someone who would like to eat an egg will do egg fight till it brokenly then come to eat. That is not wrong and if there is a guest come to visits a house will have egg assignation or give an egg and the relatives. That is show about the love that has. 11. In the evening about 19.30 o'clock. They will perform a ceremony “Ar-Peaw-Lor-Gong-U-Er” is the offering rubbing and put in the cabinet that mean finished the ceremony date two

Date 3 is under interdiction “Kuem-Sue-Je-Long-Er”. This is a bingunder interdiction will welcome new sky to has the raining for the first time in this tradition. They will have pitching “Ta-Laew” that Akha people calls that “Dae-Lae” for show an outsider knows that the community will performing a ceremony if have no the necessity don't come in the community. If come in already must stay fully the ceremony, in order that for regarded as bingunder interdictions are born topmost protection. On date 4, the ceremony “Kuem-Mi-Ar-Peaw”. In this day will don't use the reddish yellow in performing a ceremony. This day will do like day first every the points but in nighttime the host at a reception that have bamboo tube crash will have banqueting spirituous liquors through all night.         On date 5 the ceremony “Kuem-Mi-Jeaw-Hla-Hya-Er”. This day will perform a ceremony and the tradition bump against an egg the last day. There is the ceremony to greets and take respect to leader culture teacher and the administration position. There kill a pig for give a party. The group that is a doctor prays that have the exorcist's knife is in the position. They will perform a ceremony worship the exorcist's knife; call that “Hla-Hyae-Tu-Er” by use male chicken. The blacksmith will perform a blast worship ceremony. This day as bearings worship has inherited from an ancestor since early in the morning until evening. In night time have a meal finished, they will keep equipment and the offering thing is regarded as are finished ding ceremonial “Kuem-Sue-Kuem-Mi-Ar-Paew”

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