Gold Leaf for Covering Dead Body of Holy Abbot: A Specific Culture in Indochina

Rujittika  Mungmunpuntipantip; Viroj  Wiwanitkit

Gold Leaf for Covering Dead Body of Holy Abbot: A Specific Culture in Indochina

Authors

Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand.
Viroj Wiwanitkit Honorary professor, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India.

Abstract

Specific culture in different regions is interesting. The religious related culture is usually specific and reflects belief of local people. Here, the authors discuss on a specific culture in Indochina, gold leaf for covering death body of holy abbot. This reflect local belief on holiness of famous Buddhist monk.