Phnom folk beliefs
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The Phná Folk beliefs are the traditional religious beliefs and code in Phná Khaet, Prei Meas and elsewhere inhabited by the Phná people. Historically it has functioned as a separate religion but since the introduction of Kammism it has become largely syncretized into the local form of Kammism.
The Sky Code
The basic beliefs of traditional Phná rests on a series of codes and laws referred to vernacularly as "The Sky Code"
Laws on Hospitality
To the traditional Phnom (Phná) people hospitality is one of the important cultural concepts with the failure of showing proper hospitality being akin to the greatest dishonor a person can commit.
(Credit for the translation to Tikrongmeas Nokor University's department on Phná Studies):
- The entrance to a yurt is expected to be open unless one is attending to matters of the house or already receiving a guest and requires privacy in the conversation.
- When a guest is in one's yurt it is expected that the host is to provide them with a traditional meal of mare's milk and goat meat. If the guest cannot eat dairy they are to be provided with just the goat meat and a drink from the host's well.
- the protection of a guest's person and honor is the host's sacred duty and the murder of a guest is more heinous that even the killing of one's own father and brother and the perpetrator is to be barred from rebirth and condemned to Realm of Demons for all eternity.
- When a guest arrives to a host's yurt it is expected that the guest shall be granted the first word and it be a request.
- The guest is expected to always come unarmed when visiting a yurt and if he must be armed any attempts to reach for his weapon will result in the renunciation of his guest rights.
- If a guest dishonors a host he renounces all rights and protections afforded to a guest.