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About midday, two standards, called baisee, were set up within a circle of people. These are not unlike the sawekra chat, or royal umbrella, one of the five insignia of royalty in Siam. They are about five cubits high, and have from three to five canopies. The staff is fixed in a wooden pedestal.
Afterwards the eldest priest or brahmin took a portion of the rice from the baisee, and, sprinkling it with cocoanut water, gave the lad a spoonful of it. Then dipping his finger, first in the scented oil and then in the fragrant flour, he touched the right foot of the prince, at the same time exhorting him to be manly and strong, and to bear himself bravely in "the conflict of feeling."
Other edibles of many kinds are brought and arranged about the baisee, and a beautiful bouquet adorns the top of each of the umbrella-like canopies. Then a procession was formed, of princes, noblemen, and others, who marched around the standards nine times.
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