since it was new year string had been tied all around the temples in Bangkok, with bits that dangled

since it was new year string had been tied all around the temples in Bangkok, with bits that dangled down so you could hold them. At first we were confused as to why this was, but after going inside the temple, we realised that all of the string eventually tied to a single piece of string, and this string was linked to the Buddha’s hand. therefore if you hold a knot of string when outside, you are connected to the Buddha  -- source link

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