This
is a spirit house for young kid or the kids that has no chance to be born to
the earth, the spirit of kid that dies young. Those spirits will play just like
normal kids in real world.
Sometime
the kids from the real world will talk alone, but actually he/she talks to
spirit of the unseen kids in the underworld. Usually those spirits will play
nearby the houses, in the garden; they play with human kids, but the adult
cannot see them. Probably only real kids can see the unseen kid spirit, because
probably they are at the same age.
Those
kids spirit would not harm human being or real kid, as he/she just wants to
play with other kids from the real world.
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| About the image above: ktoam maring kong vil and the full moon in sihanoukville |
In
daily life here in the kingdom, Cambodian people understand the existence of
this ‘unexplainable’ behavior of the unseen world. People then created a house
to respect those young spirits. Sometime peoples try to get advantage out of
this secret. Cambodian maintains the house of the kid spirit, decorated with
colorful and happy color, everyday place some candy and things that kid are
like. People place beautiful dolls, toys, drinks, etc. in this small house, expecting
that the spirit will then like the house and the offerings.
People
hang the shrine in front of the shop to make sure their business will be succeed
and make lots of money, so the purpose of the shrine is a believe that can
invite customers to buy their products.
After
the spirit house has been made, the owner of the shop, restaurants or other
business venue, will call the kid spirit to stay in the new house; the owner
pretend to talk to the spirits and ask the spirit to call costumers and protect
their business venue. The owner will promise to offer certain things in daily
basis for that sort of barter type of agreements.
This
is unique ways of doing business in Cambodia.
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