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	The two boys on the left in this
		
		
		
		
        fresco, 
	are straddling an imaginary horse, that is 
	represented by a 
		      
		      
              
		      banana 
	stem, held between their 
	legs (fig.). This traditional children's game is known as
	
	
	
	mah kahn kluay and has been 
	around for many generations,  proofs also this ancient mural at
			
			
	
			
			Wat Poh. 
						
						
						
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