Even if you don’t speak the language you could figure out by the sheer number of individuals selling the state lottery tickets, around the temples during many of the ceremonies, that they are to do with bringing luck. Tying string around the wrist of the Buddha or Wax monk, in this case, then wrapping it around something is another of the many luck ceremonies and activities to add to those we have seen in every country we have traveled. In the case of the very real looking wax monk, when I saw the string wrapped around his thumb it did help me to tell that the image was just wax not real.... although before I got too close I did check the floor to see if the string was attached to a trap door.
I'm happy to hear that the monk isn't real... I was going to say that he looked like a recently deceased and mummified old man...
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