Thailand: Spirit houses on the Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai Highway 118; Chiang Mai.

Many Thai people believe that every house should have its own spirit house providing for the well-being of the locality spirit. These may be anywhere in the garden (even; in big cities; on the roof); with the important proviso that the shadow of human habitation should never fall on the spirit house; the home of the original and true owner of the land - the chao thii.