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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...weirder wats. Consider Wat Hua Krabu, an unassuming temple in the seaside suburb of Bang Kunthien. Stacked amid the incense and amulets are more than 5,000 buffalo skulls, deposited by Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation. At Wat Khunsamutjeen in nearby Samut Prakan province, monks chant to the sound of lapping surf. Erosion and rising sea levels have turned the temple into an island. Worshippers negotiate a wave-lashed, rickety wooden walkway, take a boat from the mainland, or simply swim. Back in Bangkok, check out Wat Phasee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wat Next? | 1/18/2004 | See Source »

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