SNAKE

The snake is playing an important part in Buddhist culture. Indeed in old Buddhist legends a snake or "NAGA" (นาค) changed his appearance into a man in order to enter monkhood. Since that time, during the ordination ceremony, the candidate to enter monkhood must answer the question if he is an humain being or not.

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Snakes are associated to old beliefs in Thai culture. Here are some of them :

• If a Thai woman dreams and sees a snake during a dream, she will find the man of her life in the next coming days.



• If somebody sees a snake going in front of him, he will receive money in the next coming days.



• If a big snake is staying in the temple and sleeps there, it is a spirit coming back.

	Before digging the main hole for the most important post of a new house, a ceremony for the "NAGA" is performed. The "NAGA" is believed to lie underground.
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