Trong dam rirdc, con cd cac hoang tiJ, cac ngai quy tdc, cac quan Idn, nho trong t r i l u , y phuc sang trong,
doi nhvJng chiec m u chop nhon dai vAt veo.
Tdi mdt k h u da't tirong dd'i rdng, each cufa Dong khoang nuTa dam, doan rirdc diTng lai, c h u i n bi cay ruong.
Bo cay la hai con bd siJa mau t r ^ n g diroc choang cac dai mau vang, mau do tham. SCfng bo dat toan vang va lung l4ng nhifng tua vang. Cai roi thiic bo
cua nha vua d i n h dky nhiJng hat k i m ctrong. Cai day
bd cung day k i m cirong va ngoc quy. Cai cay phu mot
Idp vang la Jay. Cho vua dii'ng d\Xac phu vang rbi lai
them ngoc trai va ngoc luc bao.
Nha vua cay d'au tien. Va, cay xong hai dirdng, ngai nghi.
Tiep den la cac hoang tur, cac quan, cac ngai quy toe cay.
N&u thay vui trUdc canh tUcfng cay rudng, nha vua ngbi ngam. K h i cam thay da viifa long, ngai ban lenh
nghi. Rbi ngai ngU tr§n cai xe I6ng iSy cho t a m ngif&i keo hoang cung.
Horn Sy, khap k i n h thanh, k h ^ p ni:fdc t6 chi?c Sn
ufl'ng, li§n hoan mijfng 11 vua cay ru6ng va dcfi chd vu
mua tiTcfi t6't se t d i .
NhiJng hat liia giong thiing
Thang M a k h , ngay r ^ m , nhan tvrdng ni§m s\i k i ^ n
P h a t khuy§n cac d^ tuf pha'n da'u d&' \nJdt khoi vong
lukn hbi s6'ng ch&'t, cac phat tut Cam-pu-chia tien hanh
nghi thiJc ban phiic cho cac hat thoc gi6'ng, mong cd
mua t h u hoach nSng su&t cao.
NhOfng turn lua guTi tOf cac dja phiTcfng t d i k i n h do difOc xg'p trSn nam cai khay go de tao n§n nam trai " n i i i " quen thu6c theo vu t r y quan A n D6 vdi b6'n n u i
of b6'n phifcmg trdi c h i n h va m6t n i i i d t r u n g tkm. Tren
cac n u i la nhiJng chife'c long va nhiJng chiec den Ibng.
Trong bay ngay, cac hoang thkn va cac quan chdc
dieu hanh tr&n n h i i n g chiec xe t r a n g hoang day sao cung rbng Na-ga.
Mot t h ^ y t u Ba-la-mon difcfc c h i d i n h dong vai vua Makh. T o i trirdc ngay hanh le, "vua" difcfc riTdc trong the' t d i cung dign. Phia trUdc vua c6 cac biJc tUOng b^ng sap ong the hien ngifdi dan ong c^m dao quSm
va dutfc cung ba va mang m6t t h i i n g ccfm d&y, nhiJng
ngifcfi con t r a i , con gai cua ho, voi chd vua M a k h , "ccfm danh cho cac l i n h hbn", va hai ngifcfi gu vung vang
c&c con dao kris. Dang sau ho la hai tram ngifcfi c^m
nhiJng chi^c dui cui ho$c thif gSy cong. A m nhac vang Ign. GiiJa nhiJng am t h a n h khac nhau, t r ^ m h u n g tieng
t u va do mat v i ba-ku thS'i.
Doan rifdc di vong quanh nam "niii liia" ba Ian, rbi dat cac bdc tifcfng sap ong xuong. V i t u si Ba-la-m6n tdi phong hanh l i ti§n hanh n i a t 6 i , sau dd ong cifdi voi d i n d&u cu6c "rifdc lua" Idn. Mot so ngifcfi miia mo phong cac d6ng tac gat lua. Moi ngifcfi di quanh cac "niii Ilia" ba lan.^ Sau do, vua Makh difcfc difa ve nha.
Qua m6t ngay, t d i ngay h6m sau nila, vua Makh cham lura vao liia. R6i ngifcfi ta lai te nifdc, dap Ivla. Liia, da qua "lura do" va "ntfdc lanh", difcfc phan phat cho ngifcfi difng d'au cac t i n h . Qua cac vi nay, liia ti§'p
tuc difcfc difa dkn t d i tay ngifdi dan trbng liia.
Trong qua t r i n h do, cac hat lua thi&ng difcfc t r o n
vao thoc giong cua dan, truyfen sxic manh t h i e n g lieng
vao thdc giong. Va ci? theo each thdc nhif vay, thdc gid'ng tren toan b6 wfcJng qud'c difcfc ban phiic. Vdi nhiJng hat thdc a'y, ngifcfi ta cd quy"&n h y vong mot mua boi t h u .
Mot i t thdc gi6'ng thiSng difcfc difa nhap vao kho nha vua. Con vua M a k h t h i "thoat v i " .
Tai nhieu dia phifcfng, v i n d i i n ra cac nghi thiJc
cung vdi nghi thi?c t r g n di t\i cd thdc gid'ng t h i i n g
cho m i n h . Nhvf thg', cd le la do t i n h trang giao thdng khong cho phep difa thdc gid'ng tuf k i n h dd v6 cac vung xa k i p thcfi v u , va lai, neu tien hanh diing nghi thiJc t h i dau thdc gid'ng cung d&u difcfc ban phiic. Cac 327
nghi thiic ban phvic liia gid'ng, or cac dja phvfcfng, mang nhiJng t§n goi khac nhau, nhtf "hiS'n dang IvJa", "cha't cac niii Ida", "thieu d6't lua", va c6 m6t s6' chi ti§'t khac nhau. Song, each thiJc thSng thadng nhat nhiT sau: Cac gia dinh mang nhi?ng thung thoc mdi tdi m6t k h u
da't da difdc thieng hoa, dd thoc thanh nam "nui". Tai d^y, CO dUng be thcf cac vj t h ^ n vu t r u . Ngurdi ta con
di^ng m6t cai Ian dSc bi&t rbi mdi cac nha stf t d i . Trifdc m i t cac svT, bay chi§'c cung va tam m u i t§n. Sau khi c^u k i n h , vi chu 11 b^n tam mui tfin ra tam hi/dng, rbi be gay canh cung, quSng vao d6'ng lufa vOfa difgc nhom len ^ n Ian. Tiep dd, cac stf bifdc tr§n cai " c l u "
d§c biet, dxxgc tao bdi nhvJng ngtfdi dan ong nam tren
da't, t d i ben nhiing binh ntfdc Idn cua cac gia dinh tap trung tai dd. Binh da difcrc lam cho that ifdt rbi lai
difa hcf gkn lufa cho kh6.
Cau mong miTa n4ng thuan hoa
Ngoai n h i l n g le hoi gdn vdi chu ky sinh trifdng cua
cay lua, ngifdi ndng dan khap ncJi con ti§'n hanh hang loat nhvJng I I h6i cau mong khac d§ x i n cac dang linh thieng phu h6 cho lua t6't tifcJi. Ai cung bi§'t mu6'n Ida
t6't tvfai phai can nhieu dieu kien ma quan trong nha't
la nifdc. Vi vay hau het cac nghi 11 nong nghiep cua D6ng Nam A deu g i n vdi viec cau mong mifa thuan
gid hoa. Ngay nay, du cd phifcfng tien ky thuat tien
tig'n, nhi^u k h i con ngifdi vhn phai bd tay trifdc sdc
manh cua thien nhien. Xifa kia, ngifdi Dong Nam A cho r i n g trdi, cac da'ng linh thieng la life lifcfng v i n 328
hanh moi big'n ddi cua thdi ti6't ma minh c£ln phai c&u xin.
D6'i vdi ngifdi Lao, lam ra mifa nlng la vi thskn thich lura. Truyen thuyet cua ngifdi Lao ndi: xifa kia, tren trdi CO mdt hoang tuT ten la Vat-xa-can Th^'p-but (than
mua mang) hang nam lam ra mifa n l n g cho mat da't. N&'u moi ngifdi lam hoang tuT vui long, hoang tuf se cho
mifa thuan gid hoa. L I vat hoang tiJ Ua thich nhat la Ida. V i the, hang nam ngifdi Lao thifdng dang Ida cho
hoang t d Vat-xa-can Thep-but qua bun bdng phay (hoi 6ng Ida) vao tuan t h d hai cua thang sau Phat lich.
Bun bang' phay la mot 11 hoi vda Idn vda s6i dong,
tvfng bdng cua ngifdi Lao. Khac vdi cac hoi khac chi
bd hep trong mot lang, bun bang phay la hoi lien lang - nhibu lang cung ket hcfp to chdc. K h i lang dang cai
da difgc chon, khong k h i c h u i n bi nao ndc lam song
ddng ta't ca, c6ng viec quan trong nhat difcfc cac lang
danh nhieu cong sdc va tai nghe la lam cac ong Ida
(bang phay)
Ngay hoi, ngay t d sang sdm, moi ngifdi den chua
nghe sif tung kinh cau phuc va dang l i . Sau cac nghi
l i d chua, tdi rifdc ong Ida. Cac ong Ida to trang t r i
rUc rd difdc khieng t d chua ra difdng lang rbi dieu ra cac lang, sau dd vb ncJi tap trung. Theo sau cac 6'ng Ida, nhieu tbp trai gai an mac sac sd vda di vda mua
hat - top hoa trang lam nhdng ngifdi danh ca, vac
chai, deo gid, top deo mat na ma quy dd tan, tbp rifdc
nhdng hinh sinh thifc k h i csku mong phbn thifc, phong
dang. Lai c6 ca cac ngh& si dan gian di cung nhau,
vTJfa di vTjfa t r i n h diSn .
Ti§u diem cua h6i la bu6i t6'i t h i d6't 6'ng lufa. Cac 6'ng Ida dvfcfc xep vao v| t r i danh cho tOfng l a n g . Thg' rbi cac 6'ng lufa difcfc d6't cho phong l§n trcfi. N h i f n g
tieng n6 rfen vang, n h i l n g anh lufa loe sang bay v u t
len trcfi. Moi ngUcfi ho reo ban tan vfe 6'ng lufa cua l a n g
nay, l a n g kia. Ong lufa nao lam no to nha't, sang nha't
se diTcfc giai, va l a n g lam ra ^ng Ivjfa do r&'t tuf hao.
Sau cuoc t h i do't lufa, den cu6c t h i tr6'ng. Cac l a n g
dem cac loai tro'ng dtTcJc to di§'m s S c sd ra t h i . Xep t h a n h hang de t h i . Trong khong n h i l n g phai dep, tieng phai vang, ma ngiTdi danh tro'ng phai t r i n h d i l n hay va nghe thuat mdi mong doat giai. That v i n h duf cho
l a n g k h i tro'ng d U d c giai.
T h i ong lufa, t h i tr6'ng xong t h i da k h u y a . Liic nay, moi ngiTcfi h o a nhkp vao cac tro vui, h o S c xem trai gai
cac l a n g tro tai ca miia, h o S c gSp gd tro c h u y § n . Cu6c t h i ke o dai c h o t d i sang.
K i c h t h i c h trofi dat giao h o a n
De c^u t r d i mtfa, ngiTcfi Thai cr Thai Lan tiS'n hanh nhifeu nghi thi?c khac nhau. Mac du cac h i n h thiic cau dao C O khac nhau, nhvTng tiAi t r u n g , van n h i m k i c h t h i c h cho B6' Trcfi va Me Dat giao hoan vdi nhau.
Neu sau hoi te nudc nam mdi ma Bo Trcfi v i n ch^ng to dau hieu gi la muo'n giao hoan cung Me Dat t h i
phai k i c h t h i c h B6' T r d i . Cha la, m U a gio, trong quan
ni§m dan gian xifa, kh6ng phai la k&'t qua cua s\X b6'c
htfi nvfdc difcfc t i c h t u , kh6ng phai la do stf chgnh lech ap sua't k h i quyen, ma c h i la cu6c sinh boat t i n h due giila Trcfi va Dat ma t h o i . N h i l n g hat mifa la t i n h djch,
giiip Me Da't sinh ra muon loai cay trai. Co nhieu each khi§'n Trcfi hvfng pha'n.