14/04/2021 08:18 (UTC)

Funerals for the living aim to attract good luck in Thailand

Bangkok, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- A Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok celebrates daily funerals in life, where the faithful seek to purge their bad luck and attract fortune through a ceremony during which they lie down for a while within a coffin covered by a sheet.

"People come when they feel bad, to fight their bad luck or on the recommendation of a seer (...) in search of a new beginning," monk Prakru Prapath Waranukij, of the Bangna Nai temple in southeast Bangkok, told EFE in a calm voice. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL)

SHOT LIST: THE BANGNA NAI TEMPLE, SOUTHEAST OF BANGKOK, WHERE LIVE FUNERALS TAKE PLACE DAILY.

Metadata

Date: 14/04/2021 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Social issue » Death and dying
Religion and belief » Buddhism
Religion and belief
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 59 seconds
Reference: 7001063920
Relevance: Normal