Thaa Yai 2009 in Wat ChawengBefore I knew it, a year blew by and it was
Thaa Yai time again this morning. In contrast to last year, we woke up at 6am and made our way to
Chaweng's local
Temple. My wife has
lots of relatives there and her grand parents urns are in this temple as well, so time to visit here with our family this year.
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As usual, there's people everywhere and food is
all over the place. Don't think I've seen it this busy yet in a temple on
Samui. Because we were late (all relative of course) it was difficult finding a parking spot.
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During
the Monks prayers, people all over the temple are in a praying position, with their hands in front of their faces, it's almost just like a
wai.
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This is what it's all about, welcoming the
ghosts of the dead back to earth for a couple of weeks. Some of the tombstones at
Chaweng Temple.
Lots of family and relatives were there but I had to
leave early since I'm teaching an
IDC at the moment.
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