Mundhum texts & passages.

Khahun Mundhum — The Wedding Blessing

“May these two lives flow together as the Tamor and the Arun flow to the sea. May Yuma Sammang bless this union with the strength of mountains, the patience of rivers, the warmth of the hearth. As the …”

Sakela Invocation — Opening Chant

“O spirits of the earth and sky, we gather at the sacred ground. The drums are speaking, the cymbals are singing. We dance as our ancestors danced, as the birds dance in the sky, as the rivers dance to…”

Yuma Sammang Sewa — Invocation to the Mother Goddess

ᤕᤢᤔᤠ ᤛᤠᤶᤔᤠᤱ ᤛᤣᤘᤠ

“O Yuma Sammang, Great Mother of all that lives, accept these humble offerings. As the earth gives forth its bounty, as the rivers flow without ceasing, as the mountains stand without falling, may your…”

Yehang — Funerary Recitation

“Departed one, do not look back. The path to the ancestors is straight before you. Cross the river that separates the living from the dead. Climb the mountain to the place of forefathers. They wait for…”

Migration Mundhum — The River Path

“From Khuwalung the people divided, following the rivers that called to them. Those who heard the song of the Tamor walked east and became the Yakthung. Those who heard the song of the Arun walked nort…”

Suptulung — The Creation Narrative

ᤛᤢᤴᤍᤢᤶ ᤛᤢᤳᤐᤢᤗᤢᤰ

“In the beginning there was nothing — only darkness and silence. From this primordial void, the first stirrings of creation arose. Wind came first, then water, then earth. The mountains rose from the w…”

Sumnima-Paruhang — The Cosmic Couple

“Sumnima the earth-mother and Paruhang the sky-father — two halves of one creation. From their union came the rivers and the mountains, the forests and the fields. Sumnima taught humanity the secrets o…”

Chinta — Healing Chant

“Soul, return! Soul, return! Wherever you have wandered, in the forests of fear, by the rivers of sorrow, on the mountains of grief — return to this body that holds your name. Yuma calls you. The ances…”