The Isan city of Khon Kaen is welcoming guests to a novel vacationer attraction: a park of large penises. Traitep Dream Forest accommodates an space of the park known as Thung Karjiew which translates roughly to Penis Paddock. The phallic park has been getting plenty of attention on social media and in Thai media, and some fear it could elicit a negative response from the conservative authorities.
In the Ubonrat district of Khon Kaen, the park and its strange attractions are being viewed by some as humourous and others as profane. But pictures present it is stuffed with guests and, uh, members. The sign at the park itself tells an interesting folks tale story of why the park exists. The sign tells of Lahone, a deity who had a behavior of sexually harassing people.
He was punished by dismemberment and having his genitals positioned on show in a show of contempt for his actions. The park proprietor says that the park grew from Lahone’s penis put on display for all to see in order to humiliate him.
While Expert tells of a problematic diety, the park appears to be extra for a bit of a kinky laugh, with individuals taking selfies with the phallic statues. A signal in the park instructs women to choose a penis statue to hug and, like making a wish, she shall be granted with a companion with genitals the same dimension.
It could seem a bit loopy, but phallic symbols have lengthy been worshipped, even earlier than Buddhism took maintain in Thailand. Shrines bearing penises can be seen round Thailand; even the Swissotei Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok previously had a penis garden on show.
And who could overlook the string of tales that went viral at the start of wet season as a village built an enormous penis statue in the midst of the street to ask for blessings and a bountiful wet season to feed their crops. The native tradition labored though, as the next day rainfall began..