December 19, 2008

281206 Wat Xieng Thong - misc

The scripture library that looks almost identical to the red chapel:

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But it has a roof with only two layers, & baluster windows, while the red chapel has a three-layered roof, & windows with no balusters, making it a good perch for cats.

A little chapel housing a standing Buddha statue:

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The rows of little T-shaped protrusions along the edges are bai rakaa (ใบระกา), said to represent the scales or spines of nagas:

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The Wat Xieng Thong alarm clock aka. drum tower:

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Two of the many stupas in the temple grounds:

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Another structure behind the sim - a pavilion with a seated Buddha statue:

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A hunter trying to kill a deer?

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