sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, wgdanson said: Sorry Sir, I must have read the headline incorrectly. My apologies. Apology accepted . I even would have thought that everyone in Thailand knows that when twins get "married" , it is just a village ceremony and not a real marriage , I thought that everyone would know that the legal age in Thailand to get married is 16 years old and therefore it wouldnt be legally possible for 5 year olds to get married 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, wgdanson said: Cannot understand you using the term 'everyone in Thailand knows'. Ask someone who Donald Trump is or who were The Beatles? Stories like this come up every six months or so and everyone is initially shocked , until its explained to them that its just a ceremony to appease the gods and they are no longer shocked . In Thai folklore , its told that when two male and female twins are born , they were married in a past life and they both died together and they pleaded with the gods to reincarnate them as twins , so they could live together . The twins get married in order not to upset the gods , they believe that god may kill the twins again , if they dont get "married" . Its just a bit of harmless folklore and the twins will not consummate the "marriage" and they will go on the get married to other people when they grow up . I thought everyone in Thailand knew this 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: Stories like this come up every six months or so and everyone is initially shocked , until its explained to them that its just a ceremony to appease the gods and they are no longer shocked . In Thai folklore , its told that when two male and female twins are born , they were married in a past life and they both died together and they pleaded with the gods to reincarnate them as twins , so they could live together . The twins get married in order not to upset the gods , they believe that god may kill the twins again , if they dont get "married" . Its just a bit of harmless folklore and the twins will not consummate the "marriage" and they will go on the get married to other people when they grow up . I thought everyone in Thailand knew this Sorry you thought wrong. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, daoyai said: was common practice in the north and among some hill tribes It wasnt "coming practice" in the North at all and theres no evidence that it happened at all in Thailand , although it did happened in a few primitive little villages in Laos and Myanmar hill tribes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 hours ago, sanemax said: Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ? YES! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Five year old twins marry in Surin in ritual to ward off bad luck once again proof that Thailand is a third world country 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon4637435435 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Insanity! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: This included a dowry of 80,999 baht laid out covered in flowers. So the grooms family paid sin sod to the brides family? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just watched a documentary about hill people in Laos. Their method of dealing with twins traditionally was to kill both babies because they would bring bad stuff to the village. So I guess this makes the Thais progressive? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Off topic trolling posts, grammar police posts have been removed. Discussing other members is not the topic at hand here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie61 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) Witchcraft and superstition is quite common in primitive societies Edited April 28, 2018 by eddie61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 hours ago, BangkokReady said: Just watched a documentary about hill people in Laos. Their method of dealing with twins traditionally was to kill both babies because they would bring bad stuff to the village. So I guess this makes the Thais progressive? The British used to deal with witches by drowning them and if they survived, they were witches and if they died, they were not witches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 hours ago, BangkokReady said: So the grooms family paid sin sod to the brides family? Yes, the Parent grooms Family gave the sinsod money to the Brides Family (Himself) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally123 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have twin boy/girl and they went through this ceremony. The reason for it is that the twins were once boyfriend/girlfriend in a previous life who died before they could marry. The ceremony is performed as children in the belief that it won't happen again and they'll never be parted in life a second time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 4 hours ago, sanemax said: The British used to deal with witches by drowning them and if they survived, they were witches and if they died, they were not witches Correct, but i'm not sure how that's relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 4 hours ago, sanemax said: Yes, the Parent grooms Family gave the sinsod money to the Brides Family (Himself) Yes. That is the point I was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasggg Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 15 hours ago, sanemax said: Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ? Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 6 hours ago, BangkokReady said: Yes. That is the point I was making. You put a question mark at the end of your sentence , which means that you were asking a question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 An offensive post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 18 hours ago, sanemax said: Many people have superstitions , Friday 13 th , black cats , 13 th floors etc . Are they all "idiots" ? Obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 40 minutes ago, BobBKK said: Obviously All those people that have certain "lucky" clothes or certain "lucky" items that they sometimes carry around with them for "good luck" , football players that carry out certain procedures before games, all idiots . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Two inflammatory posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally123 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 My twins went through this mock marriage thing and it's a Thai tradition that should be kept alive. The same as we have traditions back in our home countries that should never die. If people have their beliefs then who are we to say they're idiots? Farang tink too mut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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