Religion & Superstition


Lord Ganesh Statue Thailand

Thailand is a buddhist country, but the frontiers between Buddhism and Hinduism are fluent and Hindu Gods as Rama, Shiva, Brahma, Hanuman and Ganesha (Ganesh) are highly enshrined in Thailand. The elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is believed to be a protector for merchants and brings luck for transactions. This beautiful Ganesha (Ganesh) statue, carved from [more...]

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Young Buddhist Monk From Thailand

Most of the young Thai boys and men spending a temporary time (mostly 3 month) as a buddhist monk in a temple in Thailand. In a ritual initiation, they got shaved their hair and eyebrows, which means, that they are no longer a member of the profanatory Thai society. Buddhist monks are highly respected by [more...]

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Buddha Tattoo

Many Thais are very superstitious and believe in a lot of odd things, which are out of the common for farangs (foreigners). Many farangs are shaking their heads, if the come across sacred tattoos/Buddha Tattoos, which are very common in Thailand. There are a lot of words for this “holy tattoos”, like Buddha tattoo, sacred [more...]

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Khru Ba Siwichai

Whenever Thaipeople are passing a “holy place” like Buddha statues
they paying respect to them and are merit-making (tham boon/tam boon).

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Many Thai People are very superstitious
and they like to visit fortune tellers to know more about their future.

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The tropical enviroment of Thailand
is home for many exotic plants and flowers.
The Plumeria (called after the French botanist Charles Plumier)
is native to Central- and Southamerica,
but also spread all over tropical Asia.

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