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Mock funerals in Thailand for the living to attract good luck

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Bangkok, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- A Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok celebrates daily funerals in life, where the faithful seek to purge their bad luck and attract fortune through a ceremony during which they lie down for a while within a coffin covered by a sheet."People come when they feel bad, to fight their bad luck or on the recommendation of a seer (...) in search of a new beginning," monk Prakru Prapath Waranukij, of the Bangna Nai temple in southeast Bangkok, told EFE in a calm voice. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). SHOT LIST: THE BANGNA NAI TEMPLE, SOUTHEAST OF BANGKOK, WHERE LIVE FUNERALS TAKE PLACE DAILY.SOUND BITES: BANGKOK CITIZEN NAPATSANAN (IN THAI)TRANSLATION: My boyfriend had two accidents on the same week, so I'm here to get rid of that bad luck.

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