Worship Phi of Heaven as our Patron God

Phi Fa, or Phi Thaen, is the Tai god of rain and the sky, ruler of the heavens and creator god, prominent in the legends of Khun Borom. Thaen, ‘sky’, comes from the Chinese tian.

In the Phi Fa ritual, held for someone recovered from serious illness, a shaman invites the god. A night of dance around an altar to the khaen, a bamboo mouth organ, brings trance and calls for healing and protection.