In this country, a former policeman popularized a highly-collectible amulet named for two deities. Strawberry Fanta is left as an offering at this country’s spirit houses. After a lightning strike, stucco was scraped off this country’s most important religious icon, revealing it was made of jasper. Ajahn Chah popularized an ascetic tradition named for this country in which monks live in (*) remote monasteries. This country’s New Year’s Day celebration began as a ritual cleaning of Buddha statues, but has developed to involve large-scale water fights. The Emerald Buddha is in this country, where the holiday of Songkran is celebrated. A Theravada “Forest Tradition” was founded in, for 10 points, this Southeast Asian country, whose Chakri kings all bear the regnal name Rama. ■END■
ANSWER: Thailand [or Kingdom of Thailand; or Ratcha-anachak Thai]
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