Ah... it's the Fallang

Mostly to appease my Thai friends, I've attend a yearly birthday ritual.
Even though I'm not a believer, it never hurts to get that extra bit of insurance.

Giving alms to the monks on this day should improve my chances for good fortune in the year ahead.

It's a triple birthday celebration, Myself, Samart, and one of his grandsons.

While the others gave fruit and rice, I opted for candy and cookies.
Of course there were also the traditional envelops with money.
I was a bit confused about the money envelopes:  There were eleven monks, yet I was expected to give only seven envelopes, Samart only gave six.
It was explained to me it's traditional that you give one more envelope than the last number in your age.  I'm 66, that means seven envelopes.  Samart, having given six envelopes, must be 55 today.




The abbot in front of the group of monks recognized me from previous years: "Ah it's the Fallang," he said with a big smile.