A Thai man won 5000 baht for ‘best outfit’ at his office’s Songkran party in Udon Thani province yesterday, but a senior Buddhist monk says that dressing just like the Emerald Buddha is “inappropriate.”
The Emerald Buddha is a statue of the historic Buddha in a meditative pose, made out of the semi-precious stone jasper and regarded the “sacred palladium of Thailand.” It is housed at Wat Phra Gaew (“The Temple of the Emerald Buddha”) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Phra Phrayom Kalayano, the abbot of Wat Suan Kaew, says the man who dressed within the Emerald Buddha costume doesn’t know what ought to and shouldn’t be made enjoyable of. He known as the outfit “inappropriate.”
The Emerald Buddha is very revered, even by the King of Thailand, mentioned the monk. The Emerald Buddha undergoes a ceremonial costume change thrice per 12 months at the start of the summer season, rainy and winter seasons. The ceremony is only performed by the King of Thailand.
Songkran marks the beginning of the Thai New Year. Phra Phrayom reflected on revered Thai monk Buddhadasa’s well-known instructing, “Don’t be more stupid in the New Year than the year before.”
But not everyone finds the outfit offensive. Manifest was so much of a success at the workplace party that the faux Emerald Buddha, Kraiwich Chaninkul, won a pleasant cash prize of 5,000 baht for his efforts.
Kraiwich posted a photo of his outfit on Facebook yesterday with the caption, “Songkran workplace party. Dress flippantly, don’t play massive.”
The publish gained 4500 likes and gained a lot of optimistic suggestions from netizens in the comment section, who thought the costume was funny, stated it was “cute” and that they have been “impressed.”
Whereas, Phra Phrayom Kalayano says the picture “pierces the hearts of believers” and is “not artistic.”