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Thank you, Bob. These images remind me that many peasant houses in Isaan (Northeastern Thailand) and Cambodia still have two altars - one Buddhist and the other animist. The Buddhist altar is generally well tended with flowers and other regular offerings; the animist altar often looks quite neglected, with stones, shells and fossils, bits of broken pottery, dried fungus, etc, and it's hard to tell if the cobwebs and dead spiders on it are there by accident or design. But I'm told that it's just as important in people's lives. Natural forces, working through material objects, are felt to have great significance and power. Best regards, Will All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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