Every set of traffic lights on every highway, in every town, city and district of Thailand is a potential market for sellers of Phuang Malai. What is Phuang Malai ?, take a look at the photo below, the hawker is holding several garlands of assorted flowers, these are called ‘Phuang Malai’. Phuang Maalai and the […]
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Buddha On The Dashboard
One of the initial mysterious oddities that puzzles visitors to Thailand is actually one of the very first visible signs of Thai culture new arrivals see. Those apparent oddities of Thai culture are to be witnessed inside a taxi cab, there is nothing odd or strange about Buddha, but why is he sat on the […]
Continue ReadingThai Superstition and The Face on The Mud Flap
If you have spent any time on the road in Thailand, you will almost certainly have noticed a face, either painted or in sticker form, most commonly on the mud flaps of Thai wagons and trucks. The face on the mud flaps has a familiar look about it, but you can’t put a name to […]
Continue ReadingLucky Thai Boat Prow
Boats in Thailand, especially wooden Thai boats have their prows adorned with colored ribbons, sashes and or garlands of flowers, the reason for this is Thai people are very superstitious and believe that there are many spirits and deities watching over them, if the spirits and deities are not treated with due respect then the […]
Continue ReadingThai Superstition – Roadside Spirit Houses
In Thailand, unwanted or broken Spirit Houses should not simply be thrown away, the favored locations for placing old Spirit Houses are in the grounds of a temple, underneath a sacred fig tree or somewhere with religious significance. The Spirit Houses pictured in the 2 photos below were on a roadside not far from Pattaya […]
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