Funeral attendees win cows, receive rice gifts in unique 200,000 baht Thai almsgiving

[webfact]

 

In Buriram province, a funeral for a 92 year old woman, Wun Chongchaingam, has drawn a large crowd due to the unusual almsgiving of 1.5 tonnes of rice and a raffle for five cows, worth a total of 200,000 baht (US$ 5,758), for needy villagers and attendees. The event took place at Wat Pa Non-Somboon temple.

 

Many villagers attended the funeral to pay respects and participate in merit-making for the deceased woman, as well as to try their luck at winning one of the five cows. In addition to the cow lottery, which was held in front of the guests, over 700 bags of rice, each containing approximately two kilograms, were prepared as gifts for attendees.

 

The hosts divided the cows into two groups. The first group of four cows was raffled off to selected poor but hardworking individuals from four villages. For the remaining cow, it was raffled off to the guests by matching the number written on the rice bags handed out as gifts, reported Sanook.

 

by Samantha Rose

Picture courtesy of Sanook

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/funeral-attendees-win-cows-receive-rice-gifts-in-unique-200000-baht-thai-almsgiving

 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Many villagers attended the funeral to pay respects and participate in merit-making for the deceased woman, as well as to try their luck at winning one of the five cows. In addition to the cow lottery

More for the latter than the former.

[sammieuk1]

She will go nicely with a bowl of rice just need to win a big oven now????

 

[flyingtlger]

More like Christmas than a funeral....

 

 

[RichardColeman]

Sound like my ex wife putting herself on the lottery should I die

[Gottfrid]

Some people are just naturals when it comes to packing a funeral.