Tambourines in Thailand (video)
My girlfriend is a convinced Buddhist, so there is regular tamboing (tham bun: sacrifice, gain merit). On Thailandblog it has been written before about the different ways in which tambours are celebrated. But recently I experienced something special.
My girlfriend and her daughter had been busy for several days to buy all kinds of food. It turned out that she rented a stall at a temple complex (sponsorship). She was not the only one, because the entire complex was full of stalls. Everywhere sponsors were busy distributing their own prepared food free of charge to the poor from the surrounding mountains. It was busy.
It was also intended that not everyone would provide the same thing, so there was a huge variety of dishes. The entire Thai kitchen was on display. All this on the occasion of a special event at the relevant temple, the Wat Aranyaprathet Vivek Temple, near Mae Taeng, about 30 km north of Chiang Mai. A new temple was built and when a gable apex has to be placed on the highest point, it is time for tamboons.
I made a video of the above, which gives a nice impression of that party. What struck me most was the cheerfulness of the people.
Willem Elferink
Video Tambourines in Thailand
Watch the video below:
[youtube]http://youtu.be/pNa4VzdTG1E[/youtube]
It is sad that the monks ask for money for a place where free food is provided. And that to enable the monks to purchase the latest I phone?
Oh Koos, it's just how you look at it about prejudices and such. If you experience something like this and look around you carefully, you might get a completely different feeling.
It seems to have become fashionable lately to respond NEGATIVELY to pieces written by people, or to a video that has been made.
Yesterday exactly the same with the Pattaya police. .Now about the monks again. ! We said a swallow doesn't make a summer. But 1 monk being bad is not an example of what all monks are like, right???
To begin with, I think people stay in the Netherlands if everything is so bad here and you have to grumble about everything. Or else enjoy your beautiful life in beautiful Thailand, usually with a beautiful, younger woman.
Emigrated with your own wife is also fine, but enjoy!
Wat Ban Khok Chang has a big festival every year. This Wat is located on the border between NongKhai and Udon Thani about 20 km from Sa Khrai. It is a huge Wat, with huge stone elephants around the temple.
Every year there is a temple “party” here, no dance music etc., but lots of free food. There are about 200 food stalls, all with free food. The food is provided by all kinds of large restaurants, which serve tamboons. 100.000 people come here every year. A huge spectacle, where you have to queue on the stairs to the top to make your 3 laps around the main temple.
This temple is also worth a visit outside these special days.
A friend of mine goes to an orphanage on her birthday and gives the children candy. She then goes to her mother to thank her for giving her life. I think this is really what tamboon does.
The verb to tamboen is a corruption of the Thai tham boon. Tham means to do, let, make; bean means happiness, virtue, merit. In English it is usually translated as to make merit. A Dutch translation could read: acquiring merit for a better karma.
A special video William. You will experience the atmosphere of the temple feast. I would like to go back again just to experience it. But hibernation doesn't start for me until December, just a little patience.