A baci ceremony (traditional Laos Ritual) was another part of the Pii Mai celebrations at school last Friday. The village chief performed the ceremony which features offerings of food and whisky. Apparently a "cock" is the normal offering, but as our director is a female, we had a "hen". Check out the presentation!! - Yes you can see the hen's head.
The ceremony ends with each of us blessing (or wishing each other well) fellow staff by tying a cotton thread around their wrist.
My wrist is wrapped in a dozen or so multi colored threads - and accompanying wishes are in my heart.
We had a similar ceremony at the start of the academic year
The ceremony ends with each of us blessing (or wishing each other well) fellow staff by tying a cotton thread around their wrist. 
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