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Goddess called in to scare off tsunami ghosts
Aug 19 11:38 AM US/Eastern
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With Asian tourists still shunning its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last December's tsunami.
A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, said Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
"After the tsunami, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Chinese and other East Asians dare not come because they don't want to visit places where mass deaths took place," Suwalai told Reuters on Friday. "It is inauspicious."
Mazu, a Taoist goddess of the sea, has a huge following among fishermen and shipworkers in coastal provinces of southern China and Taiwan.
Thailand's official death toll from the December 26 disaster stands at 5,395, of which 2,436 are believed to be foreigners. Of these, fewer than 50 were East Asians.
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Posted on: 10:55 am on Aug. 19, 2005
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Basher
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Quote: from poskat on 11:07 pm on Aug. 19, 2005
Goddess called in to scare off tsunami ghosts
Aug 19 11:38 AM US/Eastern
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With Asian tourists still shunning its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last December's tsunami.
A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, said Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
"After the tsunami, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Chinese and other East Asians dare not come because they don't want to visit places where mass deaths took place," Suwalai told Reuters on Friday. "It is inauspicious."
Mazu, a Taoist goddess of the sea, has a huge following among fishermen and shipworkers in coastal provinces of southern China and Taiwan.
Thailand's official death toll from the December 26 disaster stands at 5,395, of which 2,436 are believed to be foreigners. Of these, fewer than 50 were East Asians.
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Posted on: 9:28 pm on Aug. 19, 2005
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TJ
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Quote: from Basher on 9:40 am on Aug. 20, 2005
Quote: from poskat on 11:07 pm on Aug. 19, 2005
Goddess called in to scare off tsunami ghosts
Aug 19 11:38 AM US/Eastern
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With Asian tourists still shunning its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last December's tsunami.
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Which one is more ridiculous?
-1 God
-Many Gods (and Goddesses)
Tough choice, tough choice.
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Posted on: 10:35 pm on Aug. 19, 2005
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S05
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hmmmm wonder if its all true, I just tried to book in at the C+N hotel and got an e-mail back saying they were full for my dates 5 Jan - 17 Jan 06 and that they have put me on a wait list ?
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Kone - Ling.
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Posted on: 12:34 am on Aug. 20, 2005
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poskat
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Western tourists are not avoiding Phuket, it is the Asians who are. Korea and Taiwan still won't allow flights to go to Phuket, or they were when I was in Phuket in July. I met a girl who was in Phuket scuba diving who is a stew on a Taiwan Airline and sh was complaining that she had to come via BKK. I read in the newspaper while in Phuket that last year at that time there were 190 flights a week into the airport and this year 32 on average.
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Posted on: 12:12 pm on Aug. 20, 2005
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S05
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Good news, C+N got back to me and I have a room !
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Kone - Ling.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:04 am on Aug. 21, 2005
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