When is wai kru day

Khon and lakhon paraphernalia and masks, among them the mask of the Rishi Barotmuni, are then placed on the latter altar. In fact, the Rishi Barotmuni mask represents Bharatamuni, the mythical author of the Indian dance manual Natyashastra , who is still regarded in modern Thailand as the founder of the art of dance.

Offerings are made and master guru or gurus perform the dance offering in front of the altar, after which the younger dancers perform their dances. During the ceremony holy water is sprinkled by the senior teacher on each pupil, whose brow they anoint with blessed strands of cotton. The Wai Kru Ceremony. A wai kru ritual at a private dance association in Nakhon Phatom Jukka O. These are given to the teachers at an elaborate ceremony during which time every child at the school is expected to wai their teachers hold their hands in the prayer position and pay them respect.

Some schools have small ceremonies within each classroom; other schools have enormous school-wide ceremonies where thousands of kids take part in the same ceremony. Students will also make floral garlands out of flower buds, very small circular floral rings, which are made to fit around the wrist of the teacher.

For teachers in Thailand, Wai Kru Day means getting dressed up in your nicest clothes or your smartest school uniform. You are then expected to sit on a stage in front of the whole school, while your students are paraded in front of you. The Wai Kru ceremony is actually very moving as, for many of the kids, they really do love their teachers and want to show them that they do.

If a teacher is popular, back in the classroom, they will also receive lots more gifts from the kids and their parents — snacks, candy, clothing, books, ornaments, and much more. Honestly, as a teacher in Thailand, not only on Wai Kru Day but every day, you certainly do feel liked and respected. In Thailand however there are also a lot of western teachers, a large number of whom are quite shady characters.

Some of them even go as far as to refuse to take part in the Wai Kru ceremony a stupid decision, and one which is likely to make the western teacher not liked by the Thai staff, the kids and the parents. It just goes to show how many westerners live in Thailand, make no effort to understand the culture and, in fact, lord themselves above it acting as if their culture is superior to the Thai culture.