A group of women from a mix of ethnic backgrounds is united by a Thai temple in Silver Spring and the years spent there keeping language and traditions alive.
. The holiday falls in April, the hottest month of the year, just before the arrival of the monsoon rains. The dance Pramawat selected for her students is meant to invoke the rains.
“It kept me connected at a time when I moved to a whole new country that spoke a totally different language,” said Iamlek, now 28, a physical therapist working with MedStar and living in Silver Spring. In high school, Nguyen came to value her temple education, and after college, she returned to help teach.
Nguyen once felt it was time “to go off, be an adult” and pass the baton to the age group below her. But the pandemic changed everything. Mookkung, who is of Thai, Lao and Native American descent, spent the pandemic stuck in her bedroom, watching YouTube for Thai news that she used to pick up at the temple.
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