Reincarnation elements in Thai, Myanmar, and Khmer songs
Janpha Thadphoothon
Reincarnation is one of the Indic cultural influence on Southeast Asia.
It says that the soul or spirit, after biological death, can begin a new life in a new body.
This belief is a central tenet of at least two religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The Buddhist concept of rebirth is also often referred to as reincarnation.
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The mentioning of the phrases: this life and next life - for example, signifies this very belief in rebirth and reincarnation. let's have a look at some lines from these three songs.
1. Myanmar "Nawbawamya sokhaeyin - "Meet you in Next Life")
2. Khmer (Mean Chiat Kroy Chum Choop knear "Meet you next life")
3. Thai (ทำบุญร่วมชาติ - Making merit together in this existence (life)"
In the first song, the narrator says that in next life and lives after the next life he shall meet his lover. The two shall never part.
In the second song, beautifully sung by Ouk Sakul Kanha, the narrator also wishes she could meet her lover in the next life.
Like the two previously-mentioned lyrics, the Thai song describes that fact in this life he would like to meet his lover in the next life. This song also mentions the retributive elements as well. Because in their past lives, they did only picking flowers from the same tree, not making merit by giving alms to monks in the same begging bowl. In this present life, they could only meet each other, but being able to live as couple,
The three lyrics (literature) point to one thing in common, that is that, Thailand, (also Laos), Cambodia, and Myanmar have been influenced by the two doctrines: Buddhism and Hinduism.
References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYw4enNIlohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0um7Xb0ZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqRtd7MY_4
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