Sunday the 2nd
Time to get Monked !?!
A good luck ceremony at the Pagoda.
Having been talked into this by some of my Khmer friends we head off up to a Pagoda in the North of the city near P’sar Kandel.
Having arrived via a small altercation with a moto towing a 12 foot trailer and my left-knee we arrive at the venue with me somewhat annoyed.
My Khmer friend has a chat with the head monk; who then offers a quick prayer and a blessing on us all; offerings of food, drink and money are then given to the pagoda, and then outside to some small individual ceremony cubicles.
Once in the cubicle we have to strip down to our underwear, then we have to sit on small stools [about 4 inches high] with the monk standing behind us.
He then starts chanting in K’mai and pours saucepans full of ice-cold water and lotus blossom over us for about 10 minutes, while chanting continually and then he leaves somewhat abruptly.
As we towel off and find our dry clothes I see the head monk get on the back of a motodop and head off out of the pagoda grounds, presumably off to his next blessing or ceremony.
All rather a strange way to spend an hour Sunday afternoon???
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