News Forum - Temple New Year coffin ceremony lets you be reborn

[Thaiger]

After partying hard for New Year’s Eve, many of us start the year feeling pretty dead. But for a temple on the far edges of Bangkok, they take that feeling to the next level. A New Year’s tradition sees followers of the temple crawl into coffins in order to invite good luck and rid themselves of bad luck for 2023. Wat Takian, in the greater Bangkok suburb province of Nontha Buri, invites its followers to take part in the ceremony. People lay in the open coffins with their hands pressed together in the wai position. Flowers and sticks of incense […]

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[palooka]

PASS

[Dedinbed]

10 hours ago, Thaiger said:

People lay in the open coffins with their hands pressed together in the wai position.

with ' killing me softly ' playing in the background  .. 

[TWS60]

Aliens assigned to investigate the history and culture of the extinct human species on Earth will, no doubt, marvel at the creativity of self-appointed 'holy men' in separating faithful dopes from their money.

[Dione]

May I have the Address of the temple ( no google results showing wat Takian) & details like if there is certain timing of the day for this ceremony, price per pax ? Thanks