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Drinking water used in Mandaean rituals
Sheikh Salah Choheili blessing the mambuha contained in a qanina (glass bottle) during the 2014 Parwanaya in Sydney, Australia
The mambuha can be served in a kapta (pronounced kafta), a shallow brass drinking bowl that is 11 inches or less in perimeter, or in a qanina (glass bottle).
Traditionally, mambuha is taken directly from the yardna (river, i.e. the Euphrates, Tigris, or Karun rivers), but the Mandaean diaspora often uses treated tap water.
Prayers
Various prayers in the Qulasta, including prayers 33, 44, 45, 60, and 82, are recited during the drinking of the mambuha.
