justsignedin Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 As is usually the case, I was packed off to Buriram for some ceremony, without really understanding what it's all about. In most cases, I return, and with the help of Google and a few questions of my wife I can figure it out, but not this time. Before we left, my wife said it's a celebration of dead relatives, ancestors etc. The first day consisted of live music, traditional Thai dancing, then a few Muay Thai fights, all on hire, and I should think at some considerable expense. The second day everybody gathered in the village, then while a live band played music from a wagon, everyone slowly danced, and drank to the temple. Some carried pictures of dead relatives, and I believe others carried the bones/ashes of dead relatives which were previously kept in the house. I'm trying to find a name for this ceremony, if anyone can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJay Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 You may find this is more of a local tradition than something entwined with buddhism. Sounds like it to me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard ashoul Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 When my wifes mother died she went to her cremation and bring back some bone wraped in plastic. Which didnt burned during cremation. Then we went to local river and throw it in. To send her on her way. Also she told me, that her grandfather didn't love her too much, because when he had cremation, she couldn't find any bones next day... . It were probably bones of their dead relatives, but I can't offer much more input into this. EDIT: cant get used to call my GF my wife. 5 years together , 4 days married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 I have heard about the " searching for bones amongst the ashes " on a previous thread although I've not seen it myself . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 We have this kind of ceremony in the village around three times a year, an expensive affair and not everybody can afford it. It happens one year after the original funeral and is a light hearted , any excuse for a party kind of affair. Tambun in Thai. Generally, the more up country you get, the more ancient rites and customs are mixed into what the people here think of as Buddhism, they don't know any different. They don't care either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Just asked the misses she said,as I thought , Tamboon- Kob-Lob, a merit-making ceremony on the anniversary of the departed, never heard of a name for this type of ceremony . I have been to a few over the years, and I would say most are more custom and tradition, more than a religious ceremony but some would say they are some religious meanings, whether it is our local custom ,I do not know ,but it was the thing to do during the Songkran festival, taking the bone of the departed to the temple ,my misses will still make a dish of food ,that her dad use to like ,a green banana curry ,with eel, if she can get some eel's, more often than not with chicken, during the Songkran festival . I went to one near me some years ago ,it was a 100 day Tamboon , evening do, coming with the set 5-6 dishes of food .and dancers on a stage,they were, I think 6 coming back on stage , wearing less than before , they got down to they underwear, I thought that's it .then they come on stage ,in they birthday suits , no one seemed to mind, not much of a religious meaning there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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