Burma . 22 BURMA kambawd. The laity assembled outside the precincts let off rockets and gunsin celebration of the event. Finally, the ceremony of yez^tcha, the pouringof water (No. lOo), is performed by the grantor of the site—as at every other. 46. ILLUMINATED KAMBAWA. religious dedication—to signify that the property has been dedicated for precincts of the thein are marked by low boundary pillars, mostly ofSagaing marble, set in the trench, which is then filled in. A different form ofthein is the ye-thein, which is built over the water to effect its isolation. Although the yahdn, as
Burma . 22 BURMA kambawd. The laity assembled outside the precincts let off rockets and gunsin celebration of the event. Finally, the ceremony of yez^tcha, the pouringof water (No. lOo), is performed by the grantor of the site—as at every other. 46. ILLUMINATED KAMBAWA. religious dedication—to signify that the property has been dedicated for precincts of the thein are marked by low boundary pillars, mostly ofSagaing marble, set in the trench, which is then filled in. A different form ofthein is the ye-thein, which is built over the water to effect its isolation. Although the yahdn, as already stated, may not ask for anything, he maydecline what is offered. He signifies this by inverting his thabtit {thabeit-hmauk). The action has become a symbol for excommunication. The yahdnmight assemble in the thein and perform thabtit-hmauk against a layman forheinous wickedness. His house wouldbe passed by in collecting sun and allofferings tendered by him refused. Thepractice has become obsolete; it is saidto have no warrant in the scriptures, andto be contrary to their spirit. Where the people are very prosperousand Cae. yahdn are not many, the collectingoi sun in the streets has sunk to a formalityobserved by the novices on
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