II cat toe cho tre, khi diJa be gai bSt dku cd kinh nguyH, k h i e6 dau va chu ri chu^n bi lam IS cUdi,
16 xam di mLf( iha'm vao sSu trong thit, khSng bao gicf phai difdc H6m sau, ngiTcfi dxxac x§m thvfcfng bi s6't
gicf phai difdc. H6m sau, ngiTcfi dxxac x§m thvfcfng bi s6't
cao, ch6 xam siTng ta'y. NhiJng ngay sau do, ngifdi diitfc
xSm phai nghi d nha cho khoi s6't, khoi dau. M6i Rln xam, chi dxsac xam d m6t v i t r i trfen da. Th6ng thUcfng,
sau hai miTdi ngay mdi c6 thi tUn hanh xam tig'p. Do
do de CO nhi'feu hinh xam, phai ma't kha nhi'6u thcfi
gian. Co ngifdi phai ma't ba nam mdi cd dMc hinh xam phu k i n ccf thi.
d My-an-ma, tuc xam minh rat ph6 bien d ngifdi
San. NhiJng thg xam hinh cua ngvfcJi San con di hanh ngh(& d cac t6c ngtfcfi lang gi"feng. M5i khi c&n xam, ngirdi Pa-la-ung deu phai mcfi thcf ngifcfi San. O ngtfdi
San va ngif&i Pa-la-ung, ca nam iSn nil dSu xam. Cac
nhdm ngdi Ka-ren thifcfng xam hai hinh vu6ng d ckm.
H i n h xam difcfc ifa chu6ng d ngiTdi Kai-a la hinh cac
tia mat tr6i, xam tren vai. D6'i vdi ngifdi Li-su, tuc xam minh phd bien cr phu n i l . Ho thifdng xam kin bap
dui bang cac dai tr^ng, do. Dan 6ng Li-su i t xam hdn,
chi xam or tay va vai. Doc hai ben day Trvrdng Son,
m6t s6' t6c ngifdi hien nay vhn con g i i ! tuc xam, ve minh. NgUcfr Kho-mu d Lao thiJdng xam d vung ma va mi&ng. Vao ngay \i cac hbn ma to t i ^ r . . ngiTdi La-met
(Lao) c6 tuc ve mat: dan 6ng ve hai ducrng chay tit m6i t r § n qua ma len tran di tao ra hinh m6t cap sOfng
trau; dan ba thi ve hai dvrdng tCf khoe mAt qua ma
xu6ng dirdi c6. Da'i vdi ngvrdi Brao, chi phu nOf mdi xam ve tren minh vdi cac hinh khac nhau, ph6 bien la hinh rbng. Nam n i l ngifdi Ka-tu xam ve m6t hinh 6-van quanh mieng. NgiXdi Xcf- dang lai diem ba cha'm
xam a khoe mi§ng. Cd thi ndi, kh6ng m6t khu vxfc
nao, kh6ng m6t nhdm toe ngifdi nao thu6c cac ngil h$
khac nhau d D6ng Nam A lai khong cd tuc xam minh.
Tuc xam minh cd d cac t6c ngiTdi Tang - Mien, cd d cac toe ngUcfi Thai, cd d cac t6c ngUdi M6n - Khcf me, cd d cac toe ngifdi Ma Lai - da dao, cd ca d ngudi Viet cd... Chile nang va y nghia cua tuc xam minh
Cling da dang: mang t i n h cha't t i n ngifdng, di lam dep,
gan vdi nghi thilc thanh nien, mang t i n h cha't thd phung cua b6 tdc...
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