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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1987
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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: 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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Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies, 1987
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This 84-page paper, part of a project funded by the Historic Preservation Commission of Lowell, Massachusetts, explores the traditional crafts and religious ceremonies of the Cambodian refugees who settled in Lowell in the aftermath of the Cambodian Genocide. <br /><br />Includes nine chapters: Kite Making, Basket Making, Woodworking, Needlework, Folklore, Ordination of the Novice Monk, Ceremony of the Consecration of the Buddha Statue, Ceremony of the Rain Retreat (Vossa), and Money Tree Fund Raising Celebration.<br /><br />This paper may also be viewed on the Internet Archive,<a href="https://archive.org/details/ChigasCambodiaDissertation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://archive.org/details/ChigasCambodiaDissertation</a>.
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