As the man dressed on the bench Jatupon, the boy, put his hands together in a mendicant grasshopper pose with palms sandwiched together and held before his face in the "wei."
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
They were careful and obsequious with their "wei," their traditions, and their buried tongues.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
He thought, in Thailand one gave the "wei" to Buddhist statues, stupas, shrines, temples, and people who were older and of higher classes if such individuals exerted a powerful role over him; and yet one did this not understanding why it was done.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills