Locals worship 100-year-tree with traditional dancing in Thailand
- 4 years ago
Thai people perform traditional dances to worship a tree trunk they believe is possessed by a spirit.
The enormous Hopea Odorata - estimated to be at least 100 years old - was discovered in a swamp in Ang Thong, central Thailand
Locals visited the building to ask the tree to reveal lucky lottery numbers last Friday (December 13) afternoon for the upcoming lottery draw.
The Hopea Odorata was covered with gold leaves and it was surrounded by numerous amulets given as offerings by believers.
Footage shows Thai folk dancers dancing in front of the 41ft long tree while asking for blessings and to provide good luck with numbers in the lottery for locals.
Folklore has it that Hopea Odorata trees are inhabited by 'Nang Ta-khian', the spirit of a beautiful young woman who bestows good fortune on those who make offerings to the tree that she haunts.
The enormous Hopea Odorata - estimated to be at least 100 years old - was discovered in a swamp in Ang Thong, central Thailand
Locals visited the building to ask the tree to reveal lucky lottery numbers last Friday (December 13) afternoon for the upcoming lottery draw.
The Hopea Odorata was covered with gold leaves and it was surrounded by numerous amulets given as offerings by believers.
Footage shows Thai folk dancers dancing in front of the 41ft long tree while asking for blessings and to provide good luck with numbers in the lottery for locals.
Folklore has it that Hopea Odorata trees are inhabited by 'Nang Ta-khian', the spirit of a beautiful young woman who bestows good fortune on those who make offerings to the tree that she haunts.