Praying for rain - in the Thai way!

[rooster59]

Praying for rain - in the Thai way!

 

Image: TNews

 

Pictures online showed the way villagers in Uttradit were trying to ensure that the rains come on time.

 

Locals in the village of Mae Phoon, Lap Lae district got together to make naked figures out of clay to persuade the rain gods to do their duty according to the seasons.

 

The idea is to shame the gods into action.

 

They made two figures named Phor Mek and Mae Fon - Father of the Clouds and Mother of the Rain.

 

These naked figures pointing to the skies and lying side by side were then adorned with fruits and vegetables and hair to make them more realistic.

 

Local kamnan Anan Khamngern along with a monk officiated at a ceremony attended by about 150 people.

 

The story was featured on Facebook on "Uttaradit 24 Hours" and followed up by TNews.

 

Thaivisa notes that many ceremonies are held across Thailand to encourage rain that is important for farmers. 

 

The North east of Thailand in particular will see many Bun Bang Fai or Rocket festivals take place in the coming weeks.

 

These often feature parades with sexually suggestive figures - as well as the lighting of huge rockets sent into the heavens to remind Phayathaen to send the much needed precipitation.

 

Source: TNews

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-05

[janclaes47]

9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Image: TNews

 

But they get upset if a tourist accidentally shows a glimps of her underwear.

[canopus1969]

Need less not more rain - way too much rain at the moment

[Get Real]

It just doesn´t make sense to me, but maybe I just don´t get it.

[BEVUP]

I think some of them were dreaming in one way or another when they were making those figures 

[Bluespunk]

Quote she: “Is that a large vegetable of some sort or other in your pants, or are you just pleased to see me?”

Edited May 5, 2018 by Bluespunk

[Misterwhisper]

I wonder who came up with the idea of adorning "Pho Mek" with a ridiculously gargantuan calabash instead of a more realistic gherkin. The kamnan , no doubt. It's just as much wishful thinking as believing that these two crudely fashioned figures would have any - any! - influence over whether rain is going to arrive or not. And what about those pink nipples? Too much "titty twister"?  

[Juan B Tong]

"Not today, its my red time"

[essox essox]

WHAT a load of bumkum

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The idea is to shame the gods into action.

The story was featured on Facebook

I understand the concept and the procedure, but the story has to go viral. Otherwise there will be no action, whether Authorities or Gods.

[Cadbury]

10 minutes ago, essox essox said:

WHAT a load of bumkum

It is right up there with frog kissing in the superstition stupidity stakes. 

[essox essox]

7 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

It is right up there with frog kissing in the superstition stupidity stakes. 

good one !!!

[DrTuner]

Finally, fine arts in Thailand.

[DrTuner]

Oh crap. I just figured out why it's been raining around here for weeks. I'll go get me shorts.

[anon4637435435]

People around here put wood dikz out to encourage the rain. 

Can these people even read and write? The people that do it here never even went to a school and the more i look the more it seems so. I really try to understand this behavior but it appears i would need several hammer hits to the head to comprehend  this behavior i think.

I wonder if this behavior is a symptom of brain damage from all the pollution.

 

 

[over2you]

4 hours ago, Get Real said:

It just doesn´t make sense to me, but maybe I just don´t get it.

Oh! Come on. It's the most logical thing to do.

How could it possibly fail?

I'll guarantee that it rains in the next 6 months. Proving conclusively that it was all worthwhile doing.

Sorted.

Next. 

[ratcatcher]

5 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

 

But they get upset if a tourist accidentally shows a glimps of her underwear.

This is considered cultural and artistic.                              A glimpse of a furry feline is not.

The Uttaradit natives have done what they traditionally believe in, but to think that it will be the cause of rainfall is a total phallusy.

We are not far away from the real rainy season, even though most of Thailand has experienced higher than normal rainfall for the time of year.

Edited May 5, 2018 by ratcatcher

[KiwiKiwi]

5 hours ago, Get Real said:

It just doesn´t make sense to me, but maybe I just don´t get it.

 

 

It's folk magic, probably supported by the buddhist monks out there. Bogus 100%.

 

It would be more effective get the magic aeroplanes out with the magic rain-making powder, and there's nothing scientific to say that does anything useful except make pocket money for the owner(s).

[kannot]

Pitiful in the 21st  century.

[johncat1]

I have seen similar effigies at temples.( and worse )  Which shows you how a lot of sexual deviant  monks think and act ..... Sick load of perverted Bar-stewards 

Edited May 5, 2018 by johncat1

[johncat1]

The late King had a more scientific approach Cloud seeding from aircraft, usually at the beginning of a rainy season so it couldn't really fail 

[samsensam]

3 minutes ago, johncat1 said:

The late King had a more scientific approach Cloud seeding from aircraft, usually at the beginning of a rainy season so it couldn't really fail 

 

to be honest the idea of cloud seeding has been around since the end of the nineteenth century and the theory turned in practice in the 1940's in, i believe, the usa. thailand has merely been implementing existing and proven scientific discovery and practice.

[DJ54]

So that’s how they seed clouds!

[Sealbash]

I have seen similar effigies at temples.( and worse )  Which shows you how a lot of sexual deviant  monks think and act ..... Sick load of perverted Bar-stewards 

Much better to have pure thoughts while kneeling in front of a dead guy nailed to a couple chunks of wood?


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[55Jay]

But like most religions and superstitions, it works 50% of the time.

 

If it happens to rain, and it will, eventually, the gods get the credit and the nonsense ritual is reinforced.

 

If it doesn't rain, they complain to PM Prayuth, who then blames it on Thaksin.

Edited May 5, 2018 by 55Jay

[Lupatria]

That's what you get when people in a society attended school just 2 days a week for 4 years,  but only in classes teaching chanting and hand clapping. This Thailand 4.0 is a hoax.

[BEVUP]

46 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

to be honest the idea of cloud seeding has been around since the end of the nineteenth century and the theory turned in practice in the 1940's in, i believe, the usa. thailand has merely been implementing existing and proven scientific discovery and practice.

That they did, BUT

The late King improved this by developing a double layered approach in which he took out a Patent on 

I learnt this from a thread on here that he also took out another 17 Patents