Five year old twins marry in Surin in ritual to ward off bad luck

 

Image: Sanook

 

Twins aged 5 years and 10 months were "married" in ban Sawang, Surin, yesterday in a ceremony intended to ward off bad luck.

 

Mum Ketsarin told Sanook that her twins are called Patrachon, a boy, and Patranok, a girl. 

 

Elders in the village told her she must organize a marriage ceremony to stave off bad karma and ensure that the twins enjoy a long life.

 

So on Friday - Wan Suk, a popular day for weddings as the word for Venus sounds the same as the word for happiness - relatives and friends gathered for a wedding with all the trappings of real nuptials.

 

This included a dowry of 80,999 baht laid out covered in flowers. 

 

Many pictures and a video showed the happy occasion that is a fairly common occurrence in Thailand according to ancient beliefs.

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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Word's fail me....

Straight from the well known Thai book  '101 reasons to hold a party when you haven't actually got anything to really celebrate" 

And if the new law goes through, they can marry if both are boys or girls.

Being from Cornwall, this is nothing new 

4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

And if the new law goes through, they can marry if both are boys or girls.

No they couldnt , that new law is for proper marriages , this is just a ceremony and besides, the minimum age for getting married in Thailand is 16

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

No they couldnt , that new law is for proper marriages , this is just a ceremony and besides, the minimum age for getting married in Thailand is 16

My tongue was in my cheek when I posted. It's called humour.

Just now, wgdanson said:

My tongue was in my cheek when I posted. It's called humour.

It wasnt funny, so, it wasnt "humour".

It was an attempt at humour, that just came across as a disparaging remark

Thailand 4.0

 

5 minutes ago, sanemax said:

It wasnt funny, so, it wasnt "humour".

It was an attempt at humour, that just came across as a disparaging remark

I notice you did not reprimand cornishcarlos for his attempt at humour. 

How will they counter the bad luck from being born into a village of idiots?

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Twins aged 5 years and 10 months were "married" in ban Sawang, Surin, yesterday in a ceremony intended to ward off bad luck.

As they have a family going through this ceremony, I'd say it's too late for that...

.... to be honest it is a step up from the previous tradition of killing twins at birth... for good luck.

4 minutes ago, daoyai said:

How will they counter the bad luck from being born into a village of idiots?

Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ?

3 minutes ago, daoyai said:

.... to be honest it is a step up from the previous tradition of killing twins at birth... for good luck.

When did this happen ? And when did it stop ?

(Or is this another joke?)

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ?

yes

Just now, sanemax said:

When did this happen ? And when did it stop ?

(Or is this another joke?)

was common practice in the north and among some hill tribes

Did the Elders also ask for a blood stained bedsheet the next morning?

32 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

I notice you did not reprimand cornishcarlos for his attempt at humour. 

 

Because mine was comedy gold 

16 minutes ago, daoyai said:

was common practice in the north and among some hill tribes

Was it really ?

Any evidence to back this up ?

7 minutes ago, siamcrut said:

Did the Elders also ask for a blood stained bedsheet the next morning?

Quite a sickening thing to post .

Making the suggestion that the Children would have sex .

3 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Was it really ?

Any evidence to back this up ?

 The Akha believed that only animals could give birth to more than one offspring and therefore considered twins as beasts. Up until about 20 years ago, they would have been killed immediately.

 

https://www.thailanddiscovery.info/akha-people-of-thailand/

30 minutes ago, sanemax said:

When did this happen ? And when did it stop ?

(Or is this another joke?)

Possibly, but some people will not see it as that

10 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

 The Akha believed that only animals could give birth to more than one offspring and therefore considered twins as beasts. Up until about 20 years ago, they would have been killed immediately.

 

https://www.thailanddiscovery.info/akha-people-of-thailand/

There are some strange people on this Earth.

Just now, wgdanson said:

There are some strange people on this Earth.

The biggest problem is that they can reproduce. 

1 minute ago, jenny2017 said:

The biggest problem is that they can reproduce. 

But everyone to their own beliefs. There are some on this Earth who think a Jewish guy's Mum was a virgin, and after he had been executed, came back. So why not let twins marry.

18 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

 The Akha believed that only animals could give birth to more than one offspring and therefore considered twins as beasts. Up until about 20 years ago, they would have been killed immediately.

 

https://www.thailanddiscovery.info/akha-people-of-thailand/

I do believe that the occurrences of killing twins recently happened with the Akha people in Laos and not in Thailand

6 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

But everyone to their own beliefs. There are some on this Earth who think a Jewish guy's Mum was a virgin, and after he had been executed, came back. So why not let twins marry.

The twins do not actually get married though, its just a non committal ceremony .

Not much different to a Christening 

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

The twins do not actually get married though, its just a non committal ceremony .

Not much different to a Christening 

Sorry Sir, I must have read the headline incorrectly. My apologies.