As I said in another post, people here reguarly place offerings at temples, shrines, outside of businesses, etc. This happens 3 times a day. Most people purchase the offerings,. We visited a woman who has a garden that provides the flowers for the offerings, and she makes them for her house temple and for sale. She showed us how and then we made our own.
The 1st picture is of the materials we used. 2nd is the box of coconut leaves, folded and pinned together with tiny bamboo sticks. The next 2 are me working on mine, followed by me with the finished product. The last picture is of the shrine where the offerings were placedRead more