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I wrote a post on Different Types Of Prays And Rituals To The Ghost back in March 2007, when I was having a lot of problems posting my post, especially the posts on ghost story. Crazy as this may sound, I had to pray to the ghost spirits asking for permission before translating and writing each post, and even went to the extreme of thinking about performing a spirit dance as I recalled whilst living in Thailand that people would dance naked for the ghost, Issan people would dance and sing for the ghost, and the Thai southerners would perform a Nora Rong Khru Chao Ban Ritual, which Nora is a performance tradition of dance, drama, and ritual for the ghost. But luckily, I didn’t have to do any of that because the root of the problem was a glitch in the software and the WordPress technician was able to fix my problems.
Dancing to the Spirits is a ritual that people would perform to satisfy the ghost if their wishes were granted. At first glance this dance might appear simple and very easy to perform but don’t be deceived because you actually have to know the moves such as hands and fingers gestures, as the rhythm of Thai tradition music is not something that you can just move your body around anyway you want.
Below are videos of spirit dance and there is an actually profession in Thailand, where a professional dancer would perform a dance ritual for the spirits, assuming that you had asked the ghost for something and your wishes were granted, and instead of performing the dance yourself, you’d hire one of these professional dancers to dance for you. Of course, if you learn the moves, you might be able to perform the dance ritual to the spirits yourself. What kind of wish would people ask from the ghost you might wonder, I believed the number one wish is to win the lottery.
- Thai Spirit Dance
My second sister told me over a month ago about a cat fortuneteller that can predict when death is near, I promised her then that I’d post the story, but it slipped my mind.
When my sister told me the story, I thought it’s amazing because, if you’ve worked with sick patients, then you’d be able to tell when their time is near, but not down to specific hours as in the case of Oscar the cat. During my mom illness, we took turn staying up with her, and the night that she passed, I was the one, the only thing that I’d tell that it was about time was her heart rate, it slipped below 40 beats per minute, and her breathing pattern suddenly changed, I knew it was time.
Cat’s “Sixth Sense” Predicting Death? I think this is an amazing story, Oscar, a hospice cat at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I. seems to have a sixth sense that when he senses that their time is near, he goes to the room, jumps onto the bed, curls up next to the patient, and purrs. His actions can sometimes help alert the staff to notify family members in time for them to get to the nursing home to tell their loved ones goodbye.
Have you ever seen strange people, they’d appear all of a sudden and out of nowhere, pass you by, but when you’d look back, there’s no one there. Sometimes you had to do a double take because they might be staring right at you, but at the blink of an eye, there’s no one there, then you start to question yourself if you’re seeing things. This happened to my second sister, it was less than 2 weeks prior to my mom passing; until this day, we still couldn’t figure out what had happened or who that person was.
It was early in the morning of December 2006, 2 days after Christmas so most of my mom’s visitors that came from out of state had gone home, and my oldest sister took the last guest to the airport. My second and youngest sisters were home with my mom, and my nephew was taking a nap in the den. My second sister was the closest to my mom because she lives with my parents and helped taking care of my mom until the end; it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if my mom was (is) worried about her. I took my dad to the doctor that morning, so we both weren’t there, and missed everything.
My second sister helped my mom with her breakfast and gave her medication as usual. My mom was at her last stage of liver cancer, so there’s little that she could do for herself, even with little physical activity such as eating or sitting up seemed to drain all her energy. At this point, my mom couldn’t walk, and toward the end, she spent more and more hours sleeping which Kathy, her hospice nurse told us that it was normal for her illness.
I think if you are Laotian or Thai, the story of Phaya Nark, or Naga is a legend that was told to us when we were little, and the story has passed down from generation to generation, and will continue to pass down to those that have special interest. I was very fascinated with the legend every time I heard the story, I read up on the subject when every opportunity arise. I think deep down inside, I knew that it’s just a myth, but at the same time I wanted it to be real, but not being able to feel and see it with my own eyes, it’s hard for me to believe the story has much truth to it. Nevertheless, I still love the story just the same, I think it adds the richness to our culture; it makes some of us believe that there is a supernatural world. For the majority of us that only have five senses, we obviously can’t see or prove that these strange phenomenons exist, but for those fortunate few that have six senses, I think it’s such a special gift and power to have, but that’s from my point of view. I’m not sure if those that have six senses would feel the same way, to them it might be more of a curse than a gift. As for the westerners, the story of Phaya Nark, or Naga is viewed differently; to them it’s only a legend, a story told by the locals, or worse even a hoax.
This is an article written in TIME, called Detour, by Jason Gagliardi, this is his perception about Kam Chanode, the island like abode of the mythical Naga. According to local lore, the giant snake? Which was forbidden from entering the monkhood by the Lord Buddha because it wasn’t human? has roamed a subterranean universe known as the Muang Badan for thousands of years, slithering through a vast network of caves and tunnels. The main thoroughfare? the Naga superhighway, if you like? is said to run from Kam Chanode in Udon Thani province to Wat Paa Ahong, a temple on the riverbank more than 100 kilometers away in neighboring Nong Khai. Pilgrims, I was told, visit Kam Chanode to anoint themselves with water from the Naga’s pond. (read the rest of the article here)
I recently went through my sister old magazines and found an article in Kwanruen Magazine, written in Thai language by Ackchai Chaitham, the article is over 10 years old; it’s about the mystery of the six senses, the believe that the people at Udon Thani province think that the story of Phaya Nark exists, and lives right underneath Kam Chanode, called Muang Badan (town of underneath water.) It’s something that I’ve heard before when I was little while living in Thailand, back then, the story seemed bigger than life, and very fascinating. Time certainly didn’t change how I feel; the story is still as fascinating to me, no less than when I was little.
“Sa Thu, to the ghost of Wat Don Cemetery, I’m just a translator, please don’t come and haunt me in any shape or form, Sa thu.”
Some of you might be wondering why I wrote this simple prayer to the ghost of Wat Don Cemetery, there is a perfectly good explanation why I did it, but the cause that made me wrote it is unknown. A very strange things happened when I was writing the post on ‘Cleaning Wat Don Cemetery Part II,’ it was a bit long so I left it in a draft posting status overnight, but somehow someone or something was viewing it, 9 times to be exact, this was what it looked like yesterday morning before I published the post
(viewing at Dashboard/Blog Stats/These posts on your blog got the most traffic) Link:http://nyenoona.wordpress.com/0000/00/00/cleaning-wat-don-cemetery-part-ii/
but notice the date was 0000/00/00, which when I clicked at it yesterday morning prior to publish the post, it didn’t exist because it was still in the draft posting status, it was very creepy, so I decided to publish the post, and the hits were a bit higher than usual, I’m sure it couldn’t have been that interesting to so many people. I felt like something was wrong with my blog, so by the end of the day I wrote to those nice guys at WordPress of my bizarre problem, and also wrote the prayer to the ghost of Wat Don Cemetery, just in case. By the time I got home, everything was back to normal, but I’ve not heard back from the nice people at WordPress, which these guys are normally very prompt with their reply.
At this point, I don’t know what to think and No, I’m not crazy yet, but I’ll back off from translating anything this bizarre, so don’t expect anything weirder than this. I don’t know who or what fixed my problem, my prayer to the ghost, or the nice people at WordPress.
Translator : Aketawan Manowongsa
Bang Fai Phaya Nark (Naga fireballs) is a phenomenon that the mysterious fireballs raise from the Mekong River into the air above water surface. The fireballs are smoke-less, smell-less, and sound-less. They rise 20-30 meters straight up to the air then disappear without falling back to the earth as the normal fireballs do. Their sizes vary from a thumb-size to an egg-size. The amounts of the fireballs also vary, starting from around 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 or 9.00 p.m. The locations for spotting the fireball phenomenon in the Mekong River are the area of Phon Phisai, Pak Khad, Sung Kom, Sri Chiang Mai, and Bung Kan districts in Nong Khai province. The fireballs can also be found in other locations such as ponds and streams near Mekong River.
The fireball event is an unexplained phenomenon that generally takes place on the full moon night of the 11th lunar month, which also coincides with the end of the Buddhist Lent. If there are two 8th months in a particular year, the phenomenon will take place on the first waning moon night of the 11th month, which coincides with Lao’s Buddhist Lent. (Panida 2538 B.E.:77)
Beliefs and the Legend - Mekong River: Thai people in the northeast, especially in the provinces on Mekong riverbank, have believed for generations that Mekong River was the route of the Naga named ‘Pu Chao Sri Sutho’ who crawled around the mountains, differently from the other Nagas who crawled straight through the mountains. The route therefore became such winding and was called Lum Nam Kod (winding river), which then became slightly out of tone to Lum Nam Kong or ‘Kong river’ (Special Report 2544 B.E.: inside cover).
The Legend of Bang Fai Phaya Nark: When the Lord Buddha was in his Bodhisatta Phaya Kan Kark incarnation, he incarnated in Sida’s belly. When he grew up and practices his pray, Lord Indra made him a very good-looking person and also gave Udorn Kurutaweeb to be his wife. The couple regularly studied Dhama and gave sermon to all kinds of beings.
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