Talk:บายศรี

Ceremony
Isn't this the "sacred thread ceremony" of Thai and Lao culture? I've never heard of the food. 24.29.228.33 17:15, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I only know it as an offering of cooked rice under a conical arrangement of folded leaves and flowers. Sometimes it may be topped with a boiled egg, but sometimes it is the conical arrangement of leaves and flowers only, and no rice. It’s used during weddings and other auspicious ceremonies. —Stephen 17:33, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

It's this one:


 * http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22bai+sri%22+thread&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=OzgK0dwM7rU


 * http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22bai+sii%22+thread&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=OzgK0dwM7rU

24.29.228.33 19:48, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Apparently บายศรี is a borrowing from Sanskrit, where it means "sacred thread". ศรี must be from श्री:, but I’m not sure where บาย is from ... possibly from उपवीतम्:, but I think there are other words that mean thread. So perhaps the rice offering is just a part of the ceremony, but it is unclear how it fits together. —Stephen 00:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)