I'd totally forgotten about this, because of the land reform meeting at the hotel yesterday and today. But I'd known they were planning this late Songkran festival ceremony where the elders are ritualistically cleansed and asked for their blessings. The compound was totally transformed. It's amazing what one long cotton colored cloth and some umbrellas can do. And the motorized food stand didn't hurt either.
Doc is being the vendor here. Fortunately, everything was free.
Here the elders are being offered scented water to ritually wash themselves and bless the younger ones. The man with the white hair is the head of the board of directors of the Northern Development Foundation.
Then each had the mike for a little while. The man on the right had spoken earlier. He - I'm not sure when - walked from Chiang Mai to (I think) Ko Samui raising money along the way.
Doc is being the vendor here. Fortunately, everything was free.
Here the elders are being offered scented water to ritually wash themselves and bless the younger ones. The man with the white hair is the head of the board of directors of the Northern Development Foundation. 
Then each had the mike for a little while. The man on the right had spoken earlier. He - I'm not sure when - walked from Chiang Mai to (I think) Ko Samui raising money along the way.
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