rest of the stuff that maketh a Wat...
[1] lions with mohawks
[2] drum made from some animal (buffalo? cow?) hide
[3] thaat4 aka. stupa
[4] what looks like a balding bodhi tree
offerings around the thaat4 ทาด (looks weird as the cat is using Thai font to write a Lao word) - lumps of sticky rice, candles, bananas, peeled mandarin oranges & sprigs of flowers:
At the base of the thaat4, awaiting their fate as future offerings:
saffron laundry:
Wat Sing Jai (aka. Wat Luang Ban Xieng Jai) was deserted while the cat was there. Only sign of life were these quacklings:
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