Sometimes cultural differences are dramatic when living in Southeast Asia. One of the ones that stand out is the ritual of "faun pii" or spirit dancing.
Spirit or trance dances usually occur as a result of a vow or contract (kae bon) made between a medium and their ancestral spirits (phii puu yaa). The dances attract large numbers of spectators. As spirit mediums (ma khi), they will dance non-stop, consume endless amounts of alcohol and smoke cigars.
The ancestral spirits are believed to "come down" upon the shoulders of their human hosts and once the spirit has taken possession of it's host, the medium is assisted by others to change clothes according to the costume appropriate for that particular spirit.
Once possession has occurred and costumes have been put on, the mediums begin to dance in a slow rhythmic manner to the melodic sounds of a traditional northern Thai Gamelan orchestra.
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