School class visiting Mueang Boran, Ancient Siam
Salama and Akira San in Mueang Boran
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kuan-Yin) Performing a…
Stupa of Phra Maha That, Nakhon Si Thammarat พระบ…
Streetcar running around the area
Monks as tourists in Mueang Boran
Stupa of Phra Maha That, Ratchaburi พระปรางค์วัดพ…
Sumeru Mountain เขาพระสุเมรุ
Historic barges in the Mueang Boran park เรือพระร…
My friends eating Kuai-Tiao Ruea
Charming Thai girls like Kuai-Tiao Ruea as well
Patan Nepal
Stupa at the Namtso Lake Tibet
Dusit Maha Prasat Palace in the Grand Palace, Bang…
Taphon drum ตะโพน and Ranat Ek ระนาด
Prasat Phra Wihan Nāga stairways
Tiger Jumping Gorge
Landscape on the way to Zhongdian
Pavilion of the Enlightened ศาลาพระอรหันต์
Scenery at the Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ
The Churning of the Ocean
Way back to the first level of Prasat Phra Wihan
Prasat Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear) monumental stairw…
Prang Sam Yod, Lop Buri พระปรางค์สามยอด ลพบุรี
The garden of sacred Stupas ป่าเจดีย์
Prasat Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear) near Si Sa Ket ป…
Thai trio playing classical music
Phra That Bang Phuan, Nong Khai พระธาตุบังพวน หนอง…
Thai vendor woman selling Mangos มะม่วง
Dvaravati Wihan วิหารทวารวดี
Window inside Kam Yaad Palace Hall, Ang Thong พระ…
Al-Ih San Mosque
Khlong Saen Saeb in the evening light
Last fishing out of the Khlong that day
Last view to Tham Ting
At the Mekong river bank
Bodnath Kathmandu Nepal is one of Tibetan souls
Mekong in the sunset mood
Different views on the way back
Muslim house without spirit house
Nong Chok village
Gorgeous landscape beside Khlong Saen Saep
Samunyinam Mosque minarets in sunset light
Bizarre trunk shows out the water surface
Mongolian Morin Khuur player and a vocalist
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Spirit house in the old market town ศาลพระภูมิ
The houses are intended to provide a shelter for spirits which could cause problems for the people if not appeased. The shrines often include images of people and animals. Votive offerings are left at the houses to propitiate the spirits. More elaborate installations include an altar for this purpose.
Many Thais believe that when a Thai family builds a new house, there is always the possibility that it has disturbed the spirits who live on the property. In order to protect their new home from retaliatory harm or mischief, some Thai families put up a little model house on a pole for the spirits to live in. The spirit house must be located somewhere on the grounds where the shadow of the human house will never fall on it. Offering of incense, fruit, flowers and rice will be placed here, because the spirits must be kept happy at all costs. Amazingly enough, though they look like houses and are temptingly stocked with food, the spirit houses are almost never occupied by birds. Perhaps even the birds respect these invisible being. Some tourists may see at a curtain curves of the road, a small spirit house built there by hopeful drivers. Their theory is that if the spirits who haunt the place are given a home they will not spitefully endanger the drivers who must pass this way.
Many Thais believe that when a Thai family builds a new house, there is always the possibility that it has disturbed the spirits who live on the property. In order to protect their new home from retaliatory harm or mischief, some Thai families put up a little model house on a pole for the spirits to live in. The spirit house must be located somewhere on the grounds where the shadow of the human house will never fall on it. Offering of incense, fruit, flowers and rice will be placed here, because the spirits must be kept happy at all costs. Amazingly enough, though they look like houses and are temptingly stocked with food, the spirit houses are almost never occupied by birds. Perhaps even the birds respect these invisible being. Some tourists may see at a curtain curves of the road, a small spirit house built there by hopeful drivers. Their theory is that if the spirits who haunt the place are given a home they will not spitefully endanger the drivers who must pass this way.
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