{"id":61015,"date":"2024-01-07T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/07\/how-mutelu-charms-thailand"},"modified":"2024-01-07T19:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T10:00:17","slug":"they-make-things-look-cute-how-the-tiktok-generation-is-reshaping-thailands-spiritual-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=61015","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They make things look cute\u2019: how the TikTok generation is reshaping Thailand\u2019s spiritual life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quest for meaning in an uncertain world after the Covid crisis fuels a boom in <em>mutelo<\/em>\u2019s good luck charms and rituals<\/p>\n<p>When Suppanut Jansakul has an important work meeting, he checks a chart to see which colour shirt will bring the best luck. If it is a special day, the 26-year-old wears a bracelet with a Hindu Ganesha charm, for success in his work in marketing, or his master\u2019s degree studies. On his phone, he switches between wallpapers showing gods or goddesses associated with love or work, depending on his&nbsp;preference.<\/p>\n<p>Jansakul and many of his friends are among a growing number of young people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/thailand\">Thailand<\/a> who follow such daily rituals.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/07\/how-mutelu-charms-thailand\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quest for meaning in an uncertain world after the Covid crisis fuels a boom in mutelo\u2019s good luck charms and ritualsWhen Suppanut Jansakul has an important work meeting, he checks a chart to see which colour shirt will bring the best luck. If it is a s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,93,42,1050],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-thailand","category-world-news","category-young-people"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61016,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61015\/revisions\/61016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}