A Thai housewarming ceremony requires nine monks.
The monks bring a small altar and other necessities.
Volunteers, neighbors, representatives from local schools gather.
Our Michai monks, from the Wat in Non Thin Park made the baisee.
The ceremony requires blessed water to be poured over the house and the participants.
Having performed the ceremony, the monks are offered food.
The Baisee ceremony continues, here T2T founder Kerstin is offered blessings.
Everyone eats!
Our cook Yai.
Afterwards our friends from Michai school helps with dishes.
The evening party beginning
Nongkhai Cultural Society performing.
Volunteers and friends of Travel to Teach enjoying their meal.
Welcome speach by Kerstin.
Traditional Thai dancing.
Time for Volunteer performances, here a Swedish School Group doing the Swedish midsummer Frog leaping.
More eating.
Flags from all the countries T2T works in surrounding the dinner tables.
T2T staff Prig, Keegan and Joyce enjoying themselves.
UK-US volunteers doing "Back Street Boys".
Swedish volunteers Sandra and Evelina with the Swedish group singing ABBA.
T2T's Prig and Nick.
Mooy and Michai Community head singing Karaoke.
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