Thailand: Spirit house, Trang, Trang Province. Many Thai people believe that every house should have its own spirit house providing for the well-being of the locality spirit. These may be anywhere in the garden (even, in big cities, on the roof), with the important proviso that the shadow of human habitation should never fall on the spirit house, the home of the original and true owner of the land – the chao thii. Naturally, this belief extends to shops and commerce as well, with a nary a business in Thailand not having at least one or even two spirit houses.

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