tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695402154597190651.post7409909256563600973..comments2023-11-05T01:18:09.099-07:00Comments on Expat Teacher in Thailand: Sidewalk Images #4John Stileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15509009131468946618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695402154597190651.post-29743020246980949422010-03-01T03:17:53.918-08:002010-03-01T03:17:53.918-08:00People leave flowers and often erect a cross near ...People leave flowers and often erect a cross near fatal car accident sites in the States as well. The mini-church pedestals are not seen in the U.S.John Stileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509009131468946618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695402154597190651.post-36078431635112975832010-02-28T08:50:06.776-08:002010-02-28T08:50:06.776-08:00This is a custom in central-southern Italy, too. A...This is a custom in central-southern Italy, too. A bouquet of flowers, both fake (oddly colorful) and real (almost immediately withering to a sad memento) are fastened around a tree or a guardrail to mark the spot of a hit. In Greece I recall passing many small replicas of Orthodox churches on pedestals beside the mountain curves to visit the Meteora monasteries, with the same meaning.Awakrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00044065861973441864noreply@blogger.com