On Friday afternoon at 3 pm after the school closed, a delegation of 10 teachers and the director from the school my wife teaches at hired a minivan and traveled the 80kms to the village.
They sat and ate, gave a gift of money (5000), and then returned home.
Very nice of them, and my wife was somewhat surprised because she's only been teaching there since May.
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This sort of thing was going on from Wednesday to Saturday. People turning up, eating, tambooning, then leaving.
We received a delivery of 2 pigs a day for the pot from Wednesday to Sunday. (@ around 8000 baht per pig, it was quite a lot).
Oldest sister on day one stated she would finance the entire funeral but on condition that donations went to her as reimbursement. If there was a profit, that would be her good luck, and if there was a loss, it would be hers. I was happy with that since I was prepared to put my hand in my pocket as that's the normal thing for my cultural background (every family member puts in). I was a bit stunned that she thought to make a profit and that any surplus didn't just go to Mae, but everyone was happy with that line of thinking. TIT.