Buddha's Birthday

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AdenandBuddha
AdenandBuddha

Buddha gets Aden's thumb and smile approval.

window view
windowview

looking out of our bedroom

inside temple
insidetemple

Each lantern has a prayer attached from a local family

elder
elder

symbolic picture of cross-generational relationships and tradition.

buddha
buddha

the worship grounds, the gold is symbolic, not real. But the fruit is!!

two drummers
twodrummers

I'd never seen this syncopated traditional drumming before. Sitting on a rocky ground in shiney clothes, lifting the drum high.

bathingbuddha
bathingbuddha

think a prayer as you pour water over Buddha's happy body.

rosewall
rosewall
pious aden
piousaden

"I wish my hair would grow"

farmers
farmers

The farms about 5 minutes from our home.

lantern
lantern
lightlamps
lightlamps
buried
buried

The mounds are traditional graves.

traditional dress
traditional dress

The dresses are called Honbuks

Gasuwon Community
GasuwonCommunity
pious aden2
piousaden2
theroadendssoon
theroadendssoon

makeshift fences line the near end of this road.

a prayer
aprayer
buddha statue in leaves
buddha statue in leaves
gettindown
gettindown

the tall guy is a monk

kids
kids

local kids sporting the latest in napkin fashin

thedog
thedog

that beast is an ever sounding alarm clock...send me a dog whistle!!

Adenandkids
Adenandkids

What can I say, she's a celeb !

whoa
whoa

my camera got drunk

fountain1
fountain1
dadshand
dadshand

A dad shows his son the proper way to pour the water over Buddha's head.

redandwhitetree
red and white tree
altar
altar
smile aden
smile aden

me and aden, taken by a friend, Ra Ul Me

got cradboard?
gotcradboard

Elders often comb the allies for cardboard