This year I visited a well known family in one of the outlying Districts of Udon Thani. Four years ago the young father of this family was killed in a tragic car accident leaving his wife and four children alone to fend for themselves - the youngest girl at the time was only two years old. Below she pours water over the remains of his body at the temple - also a common practise during the Songhran festivals.
Above Brother Damien and Brother Bernd with two of the children and below new monks just coming out of the temple and below people givings alms for the new monks. It is customary for monks to walk through the villages in early morning and are given food by the people which they must eat before noon as they do not eat from noon until the next morning (other than water).
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