LIFE

Appeasing the spirits among us

Life, Father Joe Maier, Published on 25/09/2018

» Everyone calls her "Auntie Dok Bua", after the most beautiful of all Thai flowers. She is tall and stately, and she lives in the shade of one of Klong Toey's most sacred trees. Her age approaches 70 today, which people say is the same age as the revered Ta Khien tree that has hosted her as far back as anyone can remember.