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is then made to encircle the frowns of their heads. Forming* thus an 
additional link. The elders next repeat those Ball passages, which 
it was formerly the duty of the P,heekoo or Priests to recite ; and fin¬ 
ish by saying “ pen pheeriyalcun leo Src.$ be ye manned persons, live 
together until death partyau. ” The ceremony is completed as in 
Ava by the parties eating a dish of rice together.* The mother of 
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the bride dresses her in the evening, and, accompanied by all the fe¬ 
male relatives, eonveys her to the temporary house of the bridegroom. 
Loubere expressly states that no priests can be present at nuptials. 
But their attendance has been sanctioned since Ills day, and again 
disallowed. The discontinuance of the practice was owing to the 
pious zeal of one of their Kings, who dreaded that the habits of ce¬ 
libacy enjoined to the Priesthood might be counteracted by frequent 
meetings with persons of the other sex, a danger which Brahmins are 
not subjected to. It is evident from the nature of the Bali book 
read at marriages, that the institution originally, that is to say, after 
the introduction of Buddhism, partook much of the Hindu solemni¬ 
ties on occasions of marriage; Formerly it was customary to call 
five priests to attend at the house of the bride the day before the 
marriage was to take place. They brought the boat or vase, which 
is used in collecting the daily contributions of the charitable, aud one 
of them carried a small Image of Buddha. The people of the house 
then placed censers of burning incense, waxen tapers and flowers be¬ 
fore them, while a Priests repeated certain Bali formul$.f 
The Priests, having pronounced these set forms, took -water out of 
* A practice on like occasions amongst the Burmans. 
d* 1. Ukkasa weepatee patee pahaya sapp,ha sam \ Chorus to each, wee- 
patee seett,heeya sapp,ha p,haya. / na saya parettang 
2. The same sentence ending with sapp,ka p,hld t,hamang 
thokk^ha. i k,halang. 
S. The same ending with sapp,ha rokk,ha. J 
The celebrated creed, if it may be so called, of the Indo Chinese nations 
follows, viz., 
Namo tatsa b,hakhawato, Arahatto, Sammasam, F,hoott,hasa, P,hoot- 
t,hang, Saranang k,hachamee,—t.hammang saranang k,hachamee,—sang- 
k,hang saranang k,hachamee,—T,hoottee Yampee F,hoott,hang saranang 
k,hachamee. 
Samp,hoott,he att,hawee sancha t,havat,ha saneha. Sahatsakee paneha 
satta sang,hatsanee nama mee hang—-See rasa ahang tesang d,hammancha 
sang,han-cha at,hare nama mee Uang-nama kara noopp.hawena hantawa. 
