Look thep

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Look thep ("baby angel" or "angel child") - Thai dolls that bring health, happiness and wealth to their owners. According to Buddhist beliefs mixed with local magic, a doll animated at a temple ceremony is inhabited by the child's spirit and is henceforth regarded as a "living doll." The doll owner treats her as a living person, talking to her, feeding her, caring her in a wheelchair and taking her on a journey, waiting for happiness, health and wealth in return. History

The worship of dolls is rooted in Thai black magic, where worship is preserved by human fetuses in which the spirit of the child is to be inhabited. The huge popularity of the look thep took place in 2015 when popular journalist Bookko Thannatchayapan told his audience how much he owed his look thep. Since then, the sale of dolls has increased significantly, in restaurants often encounter dolls placed above the plates next to the owners. On the other hand, Thai Smile Airways has introduced regulations to allow the purchase of an airplane ticket, but only for a window seat. The next day, at the Chiang Mai airport, an attempt was made to smuggle drugs (amphetamines) inside look thep. The regulations canceled the Department of Civil Aviation, which found that live dolls must be treated as luggage. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha announced that the dolls themselves did not have and advised the poorest citizens not to spend money on them - dolls cost from 150 to 3.400 zł.

The popularity of dolls can be linked to the military coup of 2014 and the economic uncertainty that is widespread in society. A similar turn towards magic also took place after 2006, when the military coup was also taking place. Bibliography

Maria Kruczkowska. Thai magical dolls. "Gazeta Wyborcza", p. 13, Friday, 29 January 2016. Agora SA. [Access 2016-01-31].

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