The Isan city of Khon Kaen is welcoming guests to a unique tourist attraction: a park of large penises. Traitep Dream Forest contains an area of the park called Thung Karjiew which interprets roughly to Penis Paddock. The phallic park has been getting plenty of attention on social media and in Thai media, and some fear it might elicit a adverse response from the conservative government.
In the Ubonrat district of Khon Kaen, the park and its unusual sights are being considered by some as humourous and others as profane. But photographs show it is filled with visitors and, uh, members. The signal on the park itself tells an interesting folk story story of why the park exists. The signal tells of Lahone, a deity who had a behavior of sexually harassing folks.
He was punished by dismemberment and having his genitals placed on show in a present of contempt for his actions. The park owner says that the park grew from Lahone’s penis put on show for all to see to have the ability to humiliate him.
While the again story tells of a problematic diety, the park appears to be extra for a little bit of a kinky snicker, with individuals taking selfies with the phallic statues. A sign within the park instructs ladies to choose on a penis statue to hug and, like making a want, she shall be granted with a companion with genitals the same size.
It may seem a bit loopy, however phallic symbols have lengthy been worshipped, even before Buddhism took maintain in Thailand. Strange bearing penises may be seen around Thailand; even the Swissotei Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok previously had a penis backyard on show.
And who could neglect the string of tales that went viral at the start of rainy season as a village constructed a large penis statue in the course of the highway to ask for blessings and a bountiful wet season to feed their crops. The native tradition worked though, as the subsequent day rainfall started..