Thursday 12 January 2012

Spirit Houses

Friday Jan 13 I covet a spirit house but despair that I can not get one back to Canada since they are very large and built of concrete!  These are absolutely beautiful birdhouse like structures on a pedestal that are very colourfully painted. Almost every house and business, no matter how modest, has one at the front entrance. The idea is that every evil spirit is captured in this spirit house and thus does not enter the building. Each day, people leave all manner of offerings on the platform of the spirit house and many sticks of incense burn constantly. I absolutely love these structures and one of Dave's first tasks when we get home will be to build one for our porch! I hope to find a miniature lightweight version before we leave Cambodia! Posted by Linda

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