Chiang Rai Monks Try To Thwart Earthquake By Mass Prayer

CHIANG RAI — Over 500 people participated in a mass Buddhist prayer ceremony in Chiang Rai province to ward off widespread rumours that yet another earthquake will hit the northern region this week.

Several hundred people joined the mass chanting of Buddhist incantations, led by 199 monks in the province’s ecclesiastic college yesterday. The academy’s rector, Phra Rattanamunee, chaired ceremony.

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