Money Tree: Dried betel nuts and tobacco leaves, 1987
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Dried betel nut and tobacco leaves. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 18 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: Dried betel nut and tobacco, 1997
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Dried betel nut and tobacco.<br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 21 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: An altar at the Trairatanaram Buddhist Temple, 1987
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An altar at the Trairatanaram Buddhist Temple.<br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 12 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A woman and man with a money tree, 1987
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A woman standing with a man holding a money tree. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 1 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A nun smiles to show the results of chewing the betel nut and tobacco leaves, 1987
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A nun smiles to show the results of chewing the betel nut and tobacco leaves. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 23 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A nun holds the dried betel nut, 1987
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A nun holds the dried betel nut. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 20 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A nun chews the dried betel nut and tobacco leaves, 1997
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A nun chews the dried betel nut and tobacco leaves. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 22 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A monk speaks during the fundraising event, 1987
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A monk speaks during the fundraising event. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 14 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A man placing food in front of Venerable John Massey, 1987
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A man placing food in front of Venerable John Massey.<br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 16 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A man holds a money tree, 1987
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A man holds a money tree. <br /><br /><span>Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration</span>, photograph 3 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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1987
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Money Tree: A lady lights a candle during the fundraising event, 1987
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A lady lights a candle during the fundraising event<br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 13 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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Money Tree: A lady holds a money tree, 1987
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A lady holds a money tree. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 4 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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Money Tree: A girl participates in the fundraising event, 1987
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A girl participates in the fundraising event. <br /><br />Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration, photograph 10 of 23, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/MoneyTreeCelebration</a>.
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Consecration: Venerable Sao Khon places a burning stick of incense, 1987
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Venerable Sao Khon places a burning stick of incense before the altar. He has also lit the candle that will drip into the bowl of holy water. More often I have seen this Venerable hold the candle over the water with his hand while he is chanting. <br /><br />Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 27 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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1987
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Consecration: Venerable Sao Khon keeps track of the number of times a chant is repeated, 1987
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Venerable Sao Khon keeps track of the number of times a chant is repeated using the string of beads. The rosary is called the Phkom and has one hundred and eight beads. Each chant during the night was repeated one hundred and eight times. The chanting, so I was told, serves to "purify the temple" and the minds of the monks; they build up concentration until the last moment when, before the break of dawn the pace of the chanting accelerates before it ends, and the statue is consecrated. Before the chanting ends the presiding monk kneels before the altar with a loaf in each hand, dips the leaves in the holy water, then snuffs the flames of the candles. After the chanting is finished the "purest" monk touches the eyes of the statue or draws the eyes with a pen. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 37 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Two women preparing to chew dried betel-nut, 1987
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Two lay women preparing to chew the dried betel-nut kept in the silver tins. The betel-nut is placed in a leaf of tobacco, spread with a pink lime paste that activates the ingredients of the betel-nut, then folded into a square and placed between the cheek and gum. This "pastime" is very popular among the women who generally do not smoke. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 16 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Tired laymen, 1987
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<span>Tired laymen.</span> <br /><br /><span>Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 42 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.</span><br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The prepared altar with the Buddha Statue inside the Temple, 1987
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Inside the temple, the altar is especially prepared for the Consecration of the Buddha Statue Ceremony. The statue is seated on the first tier of the altar and is surrounded by other smaller statues that are added to the altar "to lend power." The statue with one leg across the other, the sole of the right foot turned upward, the left hand upward with palm turned upward, and the right hand resting on the right leg with fingers hanging downward, represent the Buddha teaching in a seated position. The toes and fingers, except for the thumb and big toe, are of equal length; the ears are prolonged so they almost reach the shoulders and are marked with the slits made by the heavy golden earrings worn by Siddhatha before he fled his father's palace to become a monk. The head is covered with curled hair, some artists will carve the hair so each curl is turned to the right in accordance with the Pali canon. The face shows great kindness and gentleness, and serenity of spirit. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 11 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The prepared altar inside the Temple, 1987
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Candles, incense, and figurines placed before the altar. You will also notice five pink lotus blossoms placed before the principal statue. These five closed blossoms arranged in a single line are meant to symbolize a perpetual homage to the Buddha, an offering of lotus blossoms that do not wither. They represent the five lives of the Buddha mentioned in reference to the six-tiered umbrella. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 12 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The offerings in the lotus flower shape cloth, 1987
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Other offerings are presented in this specially folded cloth. The lotus flower is a sacred religious flower. The flower, which is rooted in the mud and grows through the murky water until it rises above the surface and blooms, is said to symbolize the renunciation of worldly ambition and the path to enlightenment. <br /><br /><span> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 20 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.</span>
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Consecration: The multi-tiered Bai Si and a tall candle, 1987
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<span>The multi-tiered Bai Si and the tall candle offered for the three month rain retreat. For the duration of the three month retreat the monks are to keep this candle lit. In some monasteries a monk is appointed to stand watch over the candle with instructions to relight the candle if it should go out. This practice however, was not observed.</span> <br /><br /><span>Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 14 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.</span><br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The most senior Venerable monk from Lynn presides over the ceremony, 1987
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The Venerable monk from Lynn, Massachusetts, who is the most senior of the monks presents will preside over the ceremony and is seated in a higher chair than the rest. The laity must not sit higher than the monks who must not sit higher than the Buddha statue. For that reason it is customary for members of the laity to stoop when walking in the presence of the monks. This is also true when a younger layman walks among the senior members of the congregation. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 32 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The monks follow Venerable Sao Khon and the presiding monk in chanting, 1987
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The monks follow Venerable Sao Khon and the presiding monk in chanting. The chants are recited in the Pali language. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 33 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The monks are served orange juice, 1987
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The monks are served orange juice as the achar makes an announcement over the loudspeaker (background). <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 35 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The men add their lit incense sticks to the collection, 1987
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The men follow the woman adding their lit incense sticks to the others collected here in an old paint can. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 8 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The candle for the Rain Retreat or Vossa, 1987.
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The candle offered for the Rain Retreat or Vossa. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 25 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The Buddha Statue, 1987
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<span>The Buddha statue.</span><br /><br /><span>Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 13 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.</span><br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The broken rice grains are removed, 1987
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The broken grains are removed. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 39 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The bowl used by the abbot of the temple Venerable Sao Khon, 1987
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The bowl used by the abbot of the temple Venerable Sao Khon. The bowl is filled with water which becomes blessed as the Venerable chants while melting wax into the water. The water is then sprayed over the heads of the laity assembled before him with a brush or, in some cases, a leafy twig, to convey merit on everyone present. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 26 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The Bai Si, 1987
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The Bai Si. This ornament, made of a cylinder divided into three tiers and topped with a cone in which a candle and three sticks of incense are placed, is a symbolic representation of the Buddha, the Dhama, and the Sanghs. There are other versions with more tiers that symbolically brake up the Three Refuges into their components. <br /><br /> Consecration, photograph 2 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The achar lights the candles, 1987
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The achar is a high ranking member of the laity who has usually been a monk for many years and is respected for his religious devotion and wisdom. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 30 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: The achar lights the candles, 1987
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The achar lights the candles placed before the altar. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 29 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Presenting offerings in silver trays during the rain retreat, 1987
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<span>The offerings are presented in silver trays. Anything that is offered or passed to the monks must be held with two hands.</span><br /><br /><span>Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 18 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.</span><br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Presenting offerings during the rain retreat, 1987
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<span>The achar leads lay women in presenting offerings to the monks. The offerings made at the beginning of the rain retreat, which provide the monks with the necessities that they will use during that time, earn considerable merit</span><br /><br /><span>Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 17 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.</span><br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Poolsin Pat's smaller Buddha statues, 1987
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Along with the large statue of the Buddha teaching, Poolsin Pat also sculpted four other smaller statues. The string that is wrapped around the statues began at the altar outside, was suspended between a tree and the eaves of the temple roof, and brought inside through the window behind the altar where it was wrapped around the statues. The area inside the string and anyone touching it is protected from bad spirits by the power of the Buddha. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 23 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Poolsin Pat's sculpted Buddha statues, 1987
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The other two statues sculpted by Poolsin Pat. The standing image is holding the begging bowl used by the monks on their morning alms rounds through the village when they are offered spoonfuls of rice from the members of the laity. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 24 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: People return inside to pray at the altar, 1987
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The laity have returned inside. The achar kneel before the altar to pray. The statue will not be observed as an image of the Buddha or prayed to until after the ceremony. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 15 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: People before the altar reciting Pali chants, 1987
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After the offering of incense is made the laity retake their places before the altar and join in reciting the Pali chants led by the achar (foreground). <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 9 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Nuns light their incense sticks at the altar, 1987
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<span>Nuns light their incense sticks at the altar. The nuns will live at the temple and prepare the meals for the monks. From my observations, the nuns did not spend their time at the temple to practice meditation or study the Buddhist doctrine, instead they cleaned and decorated the temple and enjoyed each other's company through conversation and the administering of traditional health care, i.e. coining, cupping, massage, etc. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 6 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.</span>
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Consecration: Musicians in the ceremony, 1987
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The traditional musicians take part in this ceremony. Inside the temple I have only heard taped music played during celebration, nonetheless, music is an important part of the religious ceremonies, especially weddings where the music is used to introduce or "call the bride" to the ceremony and generally accompany the proceedings. The instruments shown here are the troe (violin), kloy (flute), and takae (similar to a mountain dulcimer, background). <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 10 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Multi-tiered Bai Si, 1987
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Multi-tiered Bai Si. <br /><br />Consecration, photograph 3 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br />View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Motu poya during the chanting, 1987
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During the course of the evening a tray of special rice called motu poya is carried out and placed on the floor beside the platform on which the monks sat chanting. The grains of rice were spread out on a yellow cloth by one of the nuns who instructed the young girls present to remove the broken grains from the pile. Meanwhile, a yellow umbrella is held over them by a layman. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 38 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Monks chant into the night, 1987
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The monks continue to chant. The cotton string is unraveled from the statue and passed to include each monk who holds it up between his hands while chanting. It is past midnight and most of the laity have gone home; those remaining include the nuns and achar and those members of the laity who will stay the night. In the small bowls between the monks are empty bottles of Vitamin D drink. The more recently ordained monks are reading from a text of Pali in an effort to memorize the chants. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 36 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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After the ceremony the presiding monk was asked to measure the power of the Buddha images placed before the altar by members of the laity. The presiding monk held them in his outstretched hand which "grew" according to the power of the particular image. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 43 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Making dessert, 1987
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Making dessert. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 44 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Girls removing broken grains from motu poya, 1987
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Nevertheless the girls cooperated. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 41 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Girls removing broken grains from motu poya, 1987
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It was obvious that this was an unpopular task and the girls who took part did not share the enthusiasm of the nun who selected them. I was unable to find out what purpose this tedious ritual served. Perhaps the rice was used in preparing the special dessert being made in the kitchen. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 40 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: Folding a yellow cloth, 1987
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A nun and lay woman folding a yellow cloth into a lotus flower. <br /><br /><span> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 19 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.</span>
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Consecration: Castle of Angels, 1987
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Dressed in white, the laity assemble before the altar, referred to as the "Castle of Angels," to pray and invoke the spirit's blessing for the ceremony. The achar stands before the congregation to lead them in prayer. The altar which was made especially for the ceremony has three tiers. Arranged on the first tier are a pair of Bai Si, a vase of eleven lit candles, unopened packages of incense sticks, unlit candles, and two lit candles placed in candle sticks. The second tier has a pair of Bai Si, two trays of fruit, an American and Cambodian flag, a vase of flowers, and a bottle of coke. The third tier has a pair of Bai Si, two vases of silk flowers, and the six-tiered umbrella tree, called the Chhat Ruit, representing the five lives of the Buddha and his future life. <br /><br /> Consecration, photograph 1 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.
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Consecration: A woman holds a flame for the nuns to light incense sticks, 1987
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<span>A lay woman holds a flame for the nuns to light their incense sticks. These nuns who have shaved their heads will observe eight precepts for an indefinite amount of time. In Theravada Buddhism there is no prescribed amount of time that a male must be a monk or a woman be a nun. Some monks remain in the Order for as little as a week as a means on paying tribute to his parents and then returns to lay life with no stigma attached. This practice differs from the other vehicle of Buddhism, Mahayana, in which a male once ordained is committed for life. <br /><br /> Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 5 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies. <br /><br /> View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, <a href="https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration</a>.</span>
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