Saturday, March 31, 2007

on spirit houses

the two most important things to the thai people are the monarchy and religion.

there are posters of the king everywhere! some guy got sent to seven years in prison for defacing a poster of the king-that wasn't even the max sentence. last year marked the 60th year of his reign. he's been through 17 military coups, 20 prime ministers and 15 consitutions.

so onto spirit houses. these are small houses/temples the size of a birdhouse in front of people's houses. they are very ornate and serve as a house for the spirits. by giving them a fancy house they would rather live in than your house, they can't cause trouble. i think this a marvelous idea! not only does it make the spirits happy, you have a nice decorative piece on your lawn!

now i ask, what has your garden gnome done for you lately?

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