“Rain, Rain Go Away…”

It's been a long, cold, wet week here in Tha Thom, after four straight days of rain even the locals are shaking their heads! March and April are usually the hottest, driest months of the year.

Eating lunch together with the staff at the office the other day, we were informed of the local gossip about the reason for the abnormal cold and rain…

This past week a local village, Ban Phou, celebrated a wedding. The bride was a young woman from the area whose older sister had died several years earlier. Usually a wedding (or special occasion) is an opportunity to honor deceased relatives by making a meal and offering it to their spirits, but in the excitement of the moment, the family forgot to offer anything to the deceased sister. Thus villagers say that the sister was offended and sent bad weather for the wedding and the days to follow!

The staff laughed together as they told the story, and shook their heads saying, ‘She certainly must be a strong woman to send rain like this!’

Rain Dripping Off Kitchen Roof