Smearing clay mixed with the dust of cremated bodies onto the base of a figurine, a Thai Buddhist monk chants incantations to invite lucky spirits into a relic dubbed the “Golden Son”. Nowadays the bodies are made from metal moulds, and a wedge of clay and ashes are smoothed into the base of the figure.
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