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Merit Making with Mons

Posted on April 19, 2010

Many people believe that the practice of releasing fish and birds at the temple in order to make merit is an old Thai tradition. But, in fact it was the Mon people of what is now Southern Burma that brought this practice to Thailand. In this picture, the Thai-Raman people of Phra Pradaeng in Samut…

Written by: Richard Barrow

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