A SPECIAL ceremony was organised today to bring Phuket good fortune, Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha said as the ceremony began.
He said Phuket's most remarkable monk, the 114-year-old Luang Pu Supha, had mentioned a dream in which he saw Phuket ''covered in black smoke.''
Luang Pu Supha was among those at the special ceremony at Sala Prachakom, opposite the Governor's House in Phuket City. Phuketwan was present when the illustrious monk, credited with establishing 30 temples throughout Thailand, arrived for the ceremony.
Monks and nuns from all over Phuket gathered with Buddhist adherents dressing mostly in white to mark the eve of Visakha Buja day, one of the most sacred days in the Buddhist calendar.
Ceremonial triangular trays of food, each decorated with colorful flags, were prepared to be blessed and distributed to all parts of Phuket to invite the gods to protect all of the island.
Luang Pu Supha, who visited Indonesia last year with one monk as a companion, turns 115 in September.
In recent years he founded the Luang Pu Supha temple at Chalong in southern Phuket, where construction continues on a large circular memorial that will be his final resting place.
Many years earlier Luang Pu Supha also established temples at Koh Sireh, east of Phuket City, and Kao Rang, on the hill in Phuket City of the same name.
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Luang Pu Supha was among those at the special ceremony at Sala Prachakom, opposite the Governor's House in Phuket City. Phuketwan was present when the illustrious monk, credited with establishing 30 temples throughout Thailand, arrived for the ceremony.
Monks and nuns from all over Phuket gathered with Buddhist adherents dressing mostly in white to mark the eve of Visakha Buja day, one of the most sacred days in the Buddhist calendar.
Ceremonial triangular trays of food, each decorated with colorful flags, were prepared to be blessed and distributed to all parts of Phuket to invite the gods to protect all of the island.
Luang Pu Supha, who visited Indonesia last year with one monk as a companion, turns 115 in September.
In recent years he founded the Luang Pu Supha temple at Chalong in southern Phuket, where construction continues on a large circular memorial that will be his final resting place.
Many years earlier Luang Pu Supha also established temples at Koh Sireh, east of Phuket City, and Kao Rang, on the hill in Phuket City of the same name.
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Just when you think this country is moving forward, new elections to be held, democracy given another chance, a story like this appears and you realise there is no hope.
Superstitions, old wives tales, folklore, fortune tellers and now "bad dreams" is what makes the headlines.
Anyone for chicken bones and a bit of voodoo?
Posted by Mike Boyd on May 16, 2011 19:43
Editor Comment:
Ever heard of Y2K? How's that for superstition? As for portents based on dreams, are you aware of things called futures markets? Superstitions, old wives tales, folklore, fortune tellers - and especially bad dreams - trouble everyone, everywhere. Cultural superiority complexes are far more worrying.