Payback Time - Thailand
 

05/07/2012 Bangkok Post

This video originally appeared in Thaipad issue 5.

Many Thais believe that when a god or spirit makes a wish come true, they must redeem the vow made
when they asked for it to be granted. One extreme example of this belief can be witnessed at Baan Jujaka in
Bangkok. Here, thousands of Jujaka statues, a greedy old Brahmin who lived as a beggar in Buddhist legend,
are worshipped. Visitors to Baan Jujaka usually redeem their vow by offering coyote dancing – a provocative
dance with sexually explicit moves – to the beggar spirit. Video by Jetjaras Na Ranong.