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Chinta — Healing Chant

Chanted by the Bijuwa or Yeba priest during healing ceremonies. Used when illness is believed to result from soul-loss (Sam disturbance).

Transliteration

Sam wai sam wai

English Translation

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 ancestors call you. The hearth fire calls you. Soul, return! Soul, return! Take your seat again in this living body and bring with you peace.

Source:Healing tradition documentation, Taplejung

Contributed by:Mundhum Team