Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 24, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 January 1933 — Siam's Clinging Customs [ARTICLE]

Siam's Clinging Customs

Shaving the heads of men and boys in Siam is a religious rite, and is performed in the temple by priests. Although the Siamese have an up-to-date king and numerous western ways are being introduced into their governmental life, they remain at heart typically oriental and cling to the ancient customs of their ancestors. White elephants march in their sacred processions, maidens dance in the temples as they have been doing for centuries, the king, is carried in a palanquin, and, save for the occasional buzzing of an air^ne, the visitor to Siam could easily forget that he is living in the Twentieth century.