PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Water-Pouring
The family's house at ten on the wedding morning, the couple kneeling with their hands over the tray and the elders in a line with the conch: kneel, both of you; may you love each other for a long, long time; may you have a good life and children soon; may your boats float and your house not fall; may you grow old together; thank you, Grandma; don't move, thirty more to come; my hands are freezing: the blessing that begins with the two words for may you.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The family's wooden house behind the pier at Bang Rak at ten on the wedding morning, the couple kneeling with their hands over the tray: Aunt Oy, Uncle Chai, Master Wichai and Grandma bless them in turn; Jack keeps the polite word with the elders; Nam speaks to Jack as a friend and says the woman's I.
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