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  lohchingchah

 

Thailand

The remains of the Giant Swing in front of Wat Suthat in Bangkok, where in former times the annual Brahman swinging festival lohching-chah was held in honour of the Hindu god Shiwa. However, due to the high number of accidents that happened each year the festival was eventually banned.

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