Day 5 Reds March on Bangkok

Day 5. Tuesday March 16, 2010. Street theatre continues on the streets of Bangkok. The red shirts collected blood from 50,000 of their supporters and then pour it at Government House (the Thai PM’s office) and at the party headquarters of the political party that leads the current coalition government. The two blood dumping and cursing ceremonies were lead by a Brahmin priest, but the chief Brahmin priest at the royal palace denounced the tactic as un-Brahmin. Immediately after the blood was dumped, 100 city cleaners cleaned up the mess. In a sign of modern thinking, the government spokesman said that the government would not reverse the curse (how do you reverse a curse?), but would concentrate on the clean-up operation. For tomorrow, the red shirts plan more blood dumping around Bangkok, but their numbers are dwindling as many are exhausted and lonesome for their families and farms in Isaan.