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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Thai superstitions
Reader question: Thai superstitions
Dear readers,
We all know that Thais are rather (strongly) superstitious, for example not going to the hairdresser on Wednesday. Yesterday I was visiting Bangkok Hospital and I noticed that the number 13 is missing from the payment counters.
Nice to hear what you have come across in this regard.
Regards,
Lung Lie (BE)
In my apartment complex 13 is also missing in the elevator, they call floor LL ?
The entrance to my house is about 1.5 m high, so a staircase had to be built…according to the construction drawing at the front of the house in line with the front door…however…I was working outside Thailand at the time and was only once every 4 weeks present..I was very surprised when I discovered that my staircase was built on the side..when I inquired about this, the answer was “stairs at the front in line with the front door make it easy for evil spirits to enter the house to come..that is why it was decided (without me) to build the stairs on the side.”
When I went up the stairs I noticed that I had to take small steps per step… I started counting the steps and there were 2 more than on the drawing. “well, what you wanted is absolutely not possible – the number of steps was an unlucky number and would have brought a lot of disaster to us”
…and I could go on like this for a while…hahaha
Apart from the fact that the Thai are very superstitious about many things, the number 13 is almost internationally seen as an unlucky number.
For example, in many international hotels you will not find room number 13, and sometimes not floor 13.
You will also not find row 13 on the plane with many airlines, because they are difficult to sell, just like the room numbers in hotels.
The German ICE train also takes into account the fact that 13 is known to many as an unlucky number.
I could go on proving that the unlucky number 13 is not a typical Thai superstition.
I also have a thing for the number 13
– I had a very bad relationship with my mother and brother who were resp. on April 13 and September 13
– I started dating my ex-wife on June 13
– our last house had number 13
– there were 13 detached houses in the neighborhood where we lived (1 of them belonged to us)
– a car of mine was declared a total loss after I had driven it for 13 years
– the hotel in hawaii had a 13th floor and my ex and I had a room there (this trip made
an end to our marriage)
– on Feb 13, 2006 the court ruled after an appeal case with my ex
It's just what you believe because despite the above I've been on a plane several times
Friday the 13th during my business travels.
Strangely enough, the hairdresser in the village is open every day of the week.
Why would that be, if no customers come anyway?
In my village, all hairdressers are closed on Wednesdays. And because there are many hairdressers in my family, they use this day to get together.
In the USA there is also a 13th floor .. and so on … and by the way, I went to the hairdresser in BKK on a Wednesday and there were people …
do NOT read 13th
The Thais are superstitious, but I don't think the number 13 is an unlucky number here. What? They don't know that, they have to ask the monks, who choose dates for ceremonies, I suspect not on the basis of numerology but on the basis of their agenda, because Buddha was not superstitious at all. But it is useful if the people do not realize that.