Thai People Lie In Coffins To Welcome The New Year.

Thai devotees chant with holy thread on their heads during a coffin in a ritual believed to help getting rid of bad fortune to mark the New Year at Wat Takien temple in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, 01 January 2025. Thai devotees attended the resurrection ceremony at the Buddhist temple by laying down inside coffins with a white cloth cover over them as a Buddhist monk chanted a dirge for the symbolic death to, then rise up again believing that they have been cleansed of their karma, get rid of bad luck and have been reborn for a fresh start.