Ceremonial Preparations

More Long Weekend Anecdotes and Pics

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July 23rd 2008
The reason we had a long weekend was in honor of a Buddhist holiday on Thursday and Friday. In order for the non-Thai staff at Warm Heart to learn about the Buddhist traditions. Now that we are well into the rainy season, the monks stay at the Wats until the season ends, so we decorated a 3 month candle to give to them to use for light during their lo ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more