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Originally Posted by BigJohn
Seeing the Emerald Buddha was always a treat. Seeing foreigners disrespect the Buddha by pointing their feet at the statue and also trying to take pictures and/or videos even after being told not to, was something that amazed me. But the issues generally began before the visitors entered the grounds when they were told that their clothing was inappropriate.
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The "pointing their feet" point triggered a memory about the Sufi mystic Bayezid who was once in the public square with his feet pointing towards the mosque.
When the expected criticism quickly surfaced, he asked the people to reposition his feet in a direction that did not point to God.
