Then the body of the child would be taken to a cemetery for the conduction of the proper ceremonial ritual to invoke a kuman thong.

Once the rite was completed, the dry-roasted Kuman was painted with Ya Lak (a kind of lacquer used to cover amulets and Takrut with gold leaf).

Some Kuman effigies were soaked in Nam Man Prai,[1] a kind of oil extracted by burning a candle close to the chin of a dead child or a person who died in violent circumstances or an unnatural death.

[4] On May 18, 2012 a 28-year-old British citizen of Taiwanese origin, Chow Hok Kuen, was arrested in a Bangkok hotel room with six male fetuses that had been roasted and covered in gold.

[5][6][7] In 2011, a case was reported in Laos of a man murdering his pregnant wife, so as to use the fetus as a "Louk Lord" under village shaman direction.

[15] On 27 February 2021, a Vietnamese YouTuber, Thơ Nguyễn [vi] posted a video on asking for intelligence from a kuman thong.

After being posted, Thơ Nguyễn's video immediately encountered a wave of strong protests from parents.