Pigs heads are used on a table decorated for an evening ceremony to bring in the New Year at Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai. A tradition from central Thailand, the head and trotters of a pig are the central gift in ceremonies to propitiate the gods.
Muang Mai Market
Muang Mai Market is a sprawling labyrinthine wholesale market place in the northeastern part of the city of Chiang Mai. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and fish stalls offer raw foods, butchered chicken, and fish on ice or swimming nervously in large tanks. Few foreigners find their way there and the area offers up an undiluted view of the Thai peoples from the farms, surrounding communities and hill tribes of Muang Chiang Mai District.
Chiang Mai, Thailand