Mej ua le hov tseem tsis yooj yim txaus... Yuav kom yoojyim tag tag
mas cas puab 2 tug hluas nwg has nwg xwb. Thaum 2 tug has haum lawm
tes nam/txiv ca le has tas: OK! Have a good life. Le nuav mas txhaj
le yog yooj yim pob.
Nam txiv tseem tau xam miv ntsig qaub ncaug hab xam nyaj hab tes tsis
yooj yim kag le los mau.
Nij nub nuav twb muaj ntau tug kws nam hab txiv tsis tau xam ib qho
dlaabtsi le los 2 tug hluas puab twb ua puab neej qhuas ntxag lawm
niv... Yooj yim mas le hov txhaj le yog yooj yim pob.
Kuv xav mas cov hluas tam sim nuav tsis tas ua tshoob le lawm os.
Puab yeej sib sib nyam puab le lawm. Tsis tas ua tshoob los puab yeej
tsis txaj muag ua nam txiv rua suav dlawg saib.
Tseeb tag tes tsis ua tshoob mas puab haj yam sis hlub tshaaj. Tom
qab ua tshoob tag mas puab haj yam tsis txawj sis hlub. Tsis tas ua
tshoob le lawm os. Peb vam meej txaus lawm tes ua le txawm tsis ua
tshoob los yeej sis hlub tau.
kuv tug pojniam thiab kuv nyuam qhuav sis sau tau 1 lub hli no....kuv
nyob tom tsev ces...khob tais diav tos ces pojniam los xwb....los txog
ces...mus tom txaj ces...tamsim no pojniam xeeb tub lawm tiag...
niamtais yawm txiv yuav kom kuv mus ua tshoob, temsis kuv cia li pib
"deal" nrog niamtais yaawm txiv tias "can i buy one get one free"?
ces niamtais yawm txiv tias "no, you buy one, you get one....", but
then i said, "can i buy 3 of your daugthers and get 1 free?" he
thought and thought, and then said "yes." but, at the end, i decided
not to buy 3 and get one free...what i did was went to reno and and
get a marriage certificate and then went gambling afterward...
GOT A WIFE FOR 20 BUCKS...AND 5K FROM GAMBLING ...IT WAS A GREAT DEAL
BECAUSE I ONLY SPENT ABOUT 5 HUNDRED FOR GAS AND ROOM.
this past weekend father inlaw called again asking for wedding and
bride price...i said, "daddy es, kuv yeej coj li no na, peb tsev neeg
yeej coj li no na..peb yauv pojniam ces...peb ua li no xwb...peb tsi
tuaj ua tshoob os, vim wb twb mus ua tshoob tom reno tag lawm ne..."
i also went on to say, "daddy, koj xob chim mas, we come to this
country, peb hloov lawm na...we no do like moob in laos no
more...because we dont' believe in things like that no more...YOG KOJ
HAIS NTAU CES, KUV FOOB KOJ NTAG...BECASUE YOU WANT ME TO BUY YOUR
DAUGHTER...selling people is illegal daddy...JUST BE HAPPY AND I WILL
SENT HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD TO YOU LATER..."
the questions is....what is the difference between what i just said
and what yawgnomdub said? where do you draw the line? the way i see
it, yog tias tis ua tshoob ces, ua li kuv piav no xwb. yog ua tshoob
los, thov kom plaub ya ya thiab.
Neej Yag
zoo le mej has has los xij has tsi raug lub ntsab le...ca kuv maam le
pav kom tub zog rua mej.
definition...
1. nqi mig nqi no = cow(s) given to bride's parents in exchange for
the bride and ANOTHER COW (NCAUJ TSIAG).
2. the purpose of ncauj tsiag is to hu niam txiv dab xwb (or muam
phauj) when the bride/groom dies (mus tua tus nyuj given during
wedding)
also keep in mind that a mong marriage is nothing more than exchanging
gifts (possesions) and relationship, to further bind two families.
some of the exchanged gifts are 1. cows (bride price) 2. diav 3. riam
4. qaib npog poj 5. 6. dej caw and yes...XIB XUB. although hmoob tsi
siv xub lawm during wedding lawm...rab xub no, mas puag thaum ub, txiv
tuam mej koob nqa lub kaus thiab ib rab xub....in return another "xub"
is given to the groom and this "xub" will be used to called "txiv dab
laug" upon the death of the bride/groom.
anyway, back to the point, keep in mind that weddings and funerals are
connected...yog tsi them nyiaj, ces txhais tau tias there is no
exchange of "cows"...meaning that tsi muaj lub ncauj tsiag..meaning
that txiv dablaug will not be called. for christians who do not
practice "calling txiv dablaug tuaj ntaus nyuj" should not except lub
ncauj tsiag coj los ua nplaub ua ntug thiab. cov xob txiv dab/cuag
los, yog tsi muaj ncauj tsiag, ces tsi hu li thiab...tus txwj laus,
los tsi muaj cai tu 4 tu ntug lawm...that means tsi muaj txiv xaiv,
tsi muaj lub rooj lawm thiab. cov muam vauv ntxhais vauv los tsi hu
lawm thiab vim ncauj tsiag tsi muaj lawm....kev ntaus nco saum tshoob
kug los yuav tsi muaj lawm vim tias yog tsi hu txiv dab, xob txiv dab
etc...ces tsi tsim nyob hu cov muam vauv ntxhais vauv...so that means
that cov uas tuaj noj nco los tsi hu lawm...hu los lawd yuav tsi muab
tsoog tsho rau vauv/ntxhais lawm thiab.
yog tsi mauj tej no lawm, ces thaum pam tuag, cov tshwj kab mus rau
cov niam ua mov los tsi zoo hu cov txheeb ze lawm, koj lam nteg
tibneeg ua lawm xwb. this means that tsi muaj leejtwg xav ua
lawm....tshoob los tsi xav ua, vim ua los tsi muaj qabhau...tibneeg
los tsi muaj leejtwg pam, vim pam los tsi muaj qabhau...tejzaujm qhuab
ke tag, tu siab tag, nce neeg tag, ces pib kiag sawv kev mus log lawm
xwb....i know that many people out there not aware of this...lam tau
lam hais xwb..temsis i hope all of you realize that mong will be doom
if we cut things out. i'm not talking about quav dej quav caw...but i
am talking about keeping the tradition. i'm not talking about ua
tshoob nkhaus nkaus heev, but i am referring to ua kom koob mus nyog
xov mus taus xwb....ua tshoob tis muaj mejkoob es puas yog ua tshoob
ma? getting married the christian way withoout a pastor puas yog ua
tshoob ma? in everything we do, there are "guidelines" and "rules"
and/or precedents to follow....because these are the essence of who we
are--culturally.