Unlike the "love charms" that people still spread rumors about, "Tò Hò" - the holy charm of the Thais sticking out their life cycle. From birth until the death, the indispensable sacred object for Thai people is "Dating" especially in married and family life.
"Tò Hò" in the mind of the Thai people
Since ancient times, Thais have had unique and unique customs in marriage and family. They have a treasure of folk poetry that tells stories, couples' love, their married lives, and their families. That treasure contains a lot of images, unique customs and practices from ancient times. No one knows when the talismans are from and no one is sure of their effects. But life after life Thai people have always believed in the teachings of their ancestors. Items to keep evil spirits, spirits or patrons made from plants, bamboo, cloth ... after being "enchanted" or "enchanted" will become sacred objects in their minds and That sacred object still exists in Thai life to this day.
Since ancient times, in Thai families, every single child born will be knit a grandparent or a parent for a Bow. They conceive it as the abode of the guardian deity and part of the child's soul. The male and female hollows are different, it is a clear symbol for both sexes. If the child were the son of the Boy's Bow, he would be woven into a cylinder, accompanied by a bow and a small arrow. And if the child is born a girl, then Tò knitting for her will be shaped like a baskets, accompanied by another thing that people called the "Khu Khuân" (soul-keeper / guardian) have The image is almost like a ladle. Hò Hò is woven from bamboo, cork-sized, finger-sized or a cup of water and often the Dò Hò female will be a bit bigger than the male.
On the day of naming the child (after four, five days or full months of birth) the grandparents or parents will hang that Bowing Hook on the ceiling, the son the boy will hang in the corner of the ancestral altar Inside the house, if the child is a girl, it will be hung on the ceiling from the stairs to the stilt house or it is also known as "One". Therefore, when stepping on the Thai stilt house, if you look at their house, you can guess the number of children in that family, how many boys and how many girls. I will hang on my ceiling for the rest of my life, when someone accidentally loses his / her Bow must be taken down.
Love charms in marriage, the Thai family
Thai women, after being married for three to ten years, will return to their parents' home to celebrate "Au Dung, Au Pha" or "Au Dam, Au Phi" ("Au") procession). Today, the time for this ceremony is much shorter, depending on the economic conditions of the family. This is like a second wedding ceremony - the procession to bring all their souls and patrons from the birth parents' house to the husband's house. The girl's parents will unpack the girl's basket at home and take it to the ceiling of the husband's house. At that time, the woman belonged completely to her husband's family, it was almost a ritual to enter the family name of many other ethnic groups.
According to the old custom, if any Thai woman did not perform this ceremony, she would not be buried in her husband's burial area but would have to take it to her parents' home. Therefore, many people who unfortunately take place before the procession of "Dam Phi" will have to send their descendants or their representatives to the home of their parents to ask for their souls and guardian spirits to come back before proceeding. funeral. If there was a daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law had not performed the "Au Dam, Au Phi" ceremony, the husband and wife and the son-in-law were not allowed to perform the ceremony before their parents.
The ceremony "Au Dam, Au Phi" is very important in Thai marriage, the ancient Thai people often had to wait long after the first wedding to make this ceremony. It usually takes two to five years to leave the husband's house, the ceremony will take place at the husband's house, or there are people who come home after the husband's family after ten to twenty years to be economically eligible to do so. Although the ceremony has not yet taken place, the couple after many years of living together are still in harmony and desire for a lifetime, a lifetime together, the promise of faithfulness is still sticking to them, Thai men, after being married, go out to live, then his Tò Ho at his parents' home will also be separated to hang in a new home. When the couple gives birth, they will do other bowls for their children as their grandparents and parents did for them before.
It can be said that "Tò Hò" is a testimony of the love and fidelity in Thai marriage, especially to women, when the bride's family gives their daughter's "Tò Hò" to a man. . At that time, Thai women gave their whole lives to their children and husbands and were a faithful and solemn promise to the husband's family. The small talisman contained a part of the soul, the guardian spirit of the Thai people, a proof of their existence in the world, a symbol of a stable marriage and To Ho always accompany them from at birth until the end of a lifetime.
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