Belief about the water

          When they still respect in the original, there performing a ceremony is offer sacrifices to a spirit as water ghost for their have the water to uses all year, then have performing a ceremony “Sung-Hwa-Ka” that have the equipment to use in performing a ceremony is pig or sometimes also a chicken, but can not use black chicken must is red chicken and a male only the reason that be red because a god of kachin tell that. The god is a god who is the Kachin respect, as a topmost god of Kachin. The person who perform a ceremony is “Tum-Sa” and “Tum-Jong”, the villagers come to participates in performing a ceremony. They have the story about the water that “formerly, the god of Kachin order that do not cut the wood in 50 meter distances around a river area by have the order a dragon to takes care a river if have the person who go to cut the wood near a river will get into trouble about the natural disaster such as flood, the storm, born the disaster with the community or lack of the water, have no the water uses, that mean disparage or do not give honor to the river”


Information from: Baan Mai patthana “Kachin” Moo 12 Thambon Muangna, Chiangdao district, Chiangmai
Inmormant: 1. Boonchoo TuaMo 2. Kaew (Ka-Kom) 3. Pan- Pan (The villager leader) and 4. Mrs. Anun Chimrang.