Showing posts with label pig's head. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pig's head. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

This Little Piggy Went to Temple

One of my favorite moments on this trip was wandering into a wat as a family was finishing up their worship with an offering of a pig's head. Offering up animals to the deities is common, but I only happened to see it just this once. The rest of the time I witnessed the same old same old offerings of incense, candles, flowers, rice... yawn. (Kidding!). But honestly - the pig's head was marvelous. I couldn't manage to get a great shot of it - I didn't want to disrupt the ceremony, and as soon as they were done they packed it up to take home. Dinner, I presume.