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A Thai Housewarming Merit Ceremony — Choosing the Date, Inviting Monks, the Order of Rites and a Simpler Version for Condos

For many Thai families a new home isn't truly home until the merit-making ceremony. A practical guide to planning it: picking an auspicious date, how many monks, setting up the altar, the sacred thread, the meal offering, blessing the doorway, budgeting, and adapting the rites for a condo.