worship
) offering oblations to the immediate ancestors like parents, grandparents, great grandparents and the spirits of the children, unmarried members of the household. While the first set of the spirits of the dead, generally of the parents is called the new spirits (
na
ghai
Chiren
dam), generally the spirits of the great grandparents. Another category of the spirits is called the collective spirits (
Jakorua
dam), that is, the spirits of the children and unmarried persons of the household. All these categories of the spirits dwell in the main post (
pho kam) of the main house, which is the kitchen which is the most sacred room in the house. The next higher ranked ancestors are called