rooster59 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-04-28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dmaxdan Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) Straight from the well known Thai book '101 reasons to hold a party when you haven't actually got anything to really celebrate" Edited April 28, 2018 by Dmaxdan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 And if the new law goes through, they can marry if both are boys or girls. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cornishcarlos Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 Being from Cornwall, this is nothing new 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 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. 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotMahKid Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Thailand 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 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. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daoyai Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 How will they counter the bad luck from being born into a village of idiots? 1 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 .... to be honest it is a step up from the previous tradition of killing twins at birth... for good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daoyai Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, sanemax said: Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ? yes 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siamcrut Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Did the Elders also ask for a blood stained bedsheet the next morning? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, wgdanson said: I notice you did not reprimand cornishcarlos for his attempt at humour. Because mine was comedy gold 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, wgdanson said: There are some strange people on this Earth. The biggest problem is that they can reproduce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2018 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. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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