It was sad. I felt a really awful vibe there but I've been googling today and couldn't find anything. In Thailand, if someone dies in a house for example, no one wants to touch it. They are very wary of ghosts and the supernatural, hence all the shrines and 'spirit houses' you no doubt saw when you were here. Obviously, Thais are predominantly and align themselves to Buddhism but there is a lot of fringe Hindu and Animism mixed in too.
A few years ago, a guy fell off his roof 6 doors down from where we used to live and died. Straight after the funeral, his wife came to see us and offered to sell us the house at a massive discount on market price. I guess she thought the 'farang' wouldn't be worried by ghosts and would like a bargain. When we go back that way to see friends, I always look and the house is still empty. Very superstitious folks are the Thais!
Wow, does that include natural death as well? In Taiwan, particularly the villages, many still insist to come home from the hospital for their final days. Then they have the funeral at home which goes on for a week sometimes. Whenever we see a canopy put up outside a building, we know there's going to be a funeral there
It was sad. I felt a really awful vibe there but I've been googling today and couldn't find anything. In Thailand, if someone dies in a house for example, no one wants to touch it. They are very wary of ghosts and the supernatural, hence all the shrines and 'spirit houses' you no doubt saw when you were here. Obviously, Thais are predominantly and align themselves to Buddhism but there is a lot of fringe Hindu and Animism mixed in too.
A few years ago, a guy fell off his roof 6 doors down from where we used to live and died. Straight after the funeral, his wife came to see us and offered to sell us the house at a massive discount on market price. I guess she thought the 'farang' wouldn't be worried by ghosts and would like a bargain. When we go back that way to see friends, I always look and the house is still empty. Very superstitious folks are the Thais!
Wow, does that include natural death as well? In Taiwan, particularly the villages, many still insist to come home from the hospital for their final days. Then they have the funeral at home which goes on for a week sometimes. Whenever we see a canopy put up outside a building, we know there's going to be a funeral there