Word: anuman
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...Year as other rituals like the slaughtering of buffalo. "But," she says, "animal sacrifice isn't great for tourism." What's more, the Dai did not always engage in unruly street battles using buckets filled to the icy brim and unforgiving water pistols. Writes Thai folklorist Phya Anuman Rajadhon: "The water-throwing later degenerated into vicious forms." Older villagers remember a time when these exuberant clashes - splashing has gotten so out of hand in Bangkok that it has been banned in certain areas - instead took the form of gentle blessings...
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