On the third day after a baby was born, friends and relatives would come for celebration. The celebration activity is called Pangse. Pang means cirt and se means remove so it means the activity of removing evil spirits. Urban people bring presents such as qingke barley wine, butter tea, clothings and hats and so on for new born baby. When guests come into residence, they present a hada to the mother and the baby in swaddle. They present wine and tea to the mother and carefully look at the baby, with auspicious words and prayers.
In countryside, relatives and friends bring wine, tea as well as a Danggu (bag made of lamb leather) of zanba and a block of fresh butter, which are gifts for entrance. Following the ancient tradition, countrymen congratulate the new born baby for a healthy grown-up in the future. Guests present wine and tea to the mother, later using their thumb and point finger to pinch a bit of zanba upon the new born baby's forehead. It means praying for uprising future.
Tibetan asserts, a baby once was out of mother's embryo brought many evil spirits and dirts. Through holding the ceremony, it can remove them and celebrate the baby for a healthy growing.
It is said that pang se ceremony has developed from ancient Bon's period. In some remote countryside, Tibetans piles stones up on the morning of pang se. If a baby boy was was born, a pile of white stones will stand outside of the residence's gate. If a baby girl was born, any sort of stones is appropriate to pile up. Besides, people burn aromatic branches next to the pile of stones. People who come for celebration walk right to the gate for springkling a bit of zanba in the stone piles and burn incense before coming into the host's house. It is the way the Bon practise praying for deities.
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