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Religion
Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho (
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, Bangkok
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Religion is a fundamental component of Thai society and culture, and
colourful examples of daily worship can be found on nearly every corner.
Walk the streets early in the morning and you'll see the solemn progres-
sion of the Buddhist monks engaged in bin·da·bàht, the daily house-to-
house alms food-gathering. Small household shrines decorate the
