^^ that's her Thank you for that
^^ that's her Thank you for that
I've seen slabs of raw meat (pork usually) as offerings in Thai & Cambo temples. What do they do with the raw meat afterwards? Throw away, give to dogs, etc?
Here in PI, the Christian majority sometimes give offerings to the church, but it's usually fruits or a basket with groceries or envelop with $$. Sometimes (especially after a calamity), my local church asks for donations in terms of canned goods or noodles, to be given to those affected by the typhoon or earthquake.
At my office, when someone's relative has died (or is in hospital & the bills are increasing), it's common to "pass the hat" (actually it's an envelop) and donate $$. Nothing wrong with that - IMO it's a good custom - helping out your friend, colleague or neighbor.
I've been a recipient of that "envelop" when my dad passed some years ago, and in turn, donate when the envelop is passed to me.
Jim
As Hick says in the post after this one of yours, its (the religion?) called animalist where they believe everything living has a spirit.
As for dogs barking and soi dogs howling, our dogs howl something awful and if it is at a time different from normal the MIL gets quite concerned as she believes they (the dogs) are seeing the dead people. I actually enjoy hearing them howl (not at 3am mind) as they get quite a chorus going, we have 4 dogs.
Animist, or Animism......as in they are animated by a spirit.
Not animalist.
^Gums bleeding again?
Go see a periodontist.
I stand corrected (see below).
Animism. Animism (from Latin anima, "breath, spirit, life") is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Historical evidence shows that Thais believed in Hinduism and animism. Today, Thai society portrays the harmony combination of three belief systems: Animism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Animism is a word derived from Latin animus or 'soul'.
Animism commonly refers to a religious belief that souls or spirits exist in non-human entities such as animals, plants, natural phenomena, geographic features and everyday objects (sometimes even manufactured articles), as well as in humans.
Quote"I've been a recipient of that "envelop" when my dad passed some years ago, and in turn, donate when the envelop is passed to me."
Katie, interesting the same occurs in villages in Thailand, kind of an unofficial support system. Ref the meat, thats just odd. You'll have seen the spirit houses with the fruit etc and that i get as you can eat it afterwards, meat tho, ummm.
I don't believe you're supposed to eat the fruit (or drink the fanta) afterwards. It's meant to dissipate (read: spoil), thereby returning to "the source," if you will.
If you won't - that's cool too.
Umm i'd best speak to Mrs Toot she's always eating the fruit after its been out for a day or so, may explain all the bad luck and accidents.
I'm confused now.
I had read....or a monk said(?) somewhere about not ingesting offerings as a belief is that the spirits receive them thru evaporation/dissipation, etc.
Now, wife's saying: "yea, many do eat the fruit after a day or two,...but NOT ME!" <sum horror that I'd suggest she would>
"it's not tasty enough!"
Whatevs
Edit: I'm confused fairly often.
And, thinking about it, it might be wiser not to mention it to anyone...
Righto, two day old spirit house fruit off the menu. Millions of Thais who know a thing or two about spirits can't be wrong. Told the Mrs to also buy a lottery ticket with the number of the first car she sees tomorrow, well when the lottery opens next time.
^ You're making this up as you go along, aren't you?
Sometimes Thailand is stranger than fiction,
^^You very much are part of the usual crowd, with very much the usual shit.
foj.
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