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Tricking death

In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them as monks chant. The Wat Bangna Nai temple in the Thai capital draws more than 100 people a day, who choose to perform the ceremony in the hope it can improve their fortunes or give them a fresh start. Many temples in Thailand hold similar ceremonies and Prakru Prapath Waranukij, a monk who performed this ceremony, said that while the ritual had received some criticism online he felt it was important to ponder death.
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  • A devotee prays inside a coffin to trick death and improve luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Devotees lie down and pray inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • A devotee prays inside a coffin to trick death and improve luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Devotees lie down and pray inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Coffins are seen for devotees to lie down in to pray in a ritual to trick death and change their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • A devotee prays inside a coffin to trick death and improve luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Devotees pray before lying down inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Devotees pray before lying down inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

  • Devotees lie down and pray inside coffins to trick death and improve their luck at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS

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