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What's trending and happening this week.
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 04/11/2017
» 1 Vive La France! From this month forward, citizens of Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, India and Russia won't have to wait 10 days for their visa delivery time. The French government has now significantly reduced visa delivery times to merely 48 hours in order to try to increase the number of foreign tourists following a dramatic dip due to the wave of terrorist attacks in 2016. This year, the country is targeting 89 million tourists from 83 million last year, and plans to bring in 100 million tourists in 2020.
A guide for art lovers in the Lion City
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 27/01/2017
» To those with plans to travel to Singapore in upcoming weeks, make sure to take a breather from all the shopping and indulge yourself in a dose of art and culture at Singapore Biennale 2016.
Masters of puppets
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 22/08/2018
» To the younger generation of Southeast Asia, shadow puppetry may seem like a bygone form of entertainment. Held outdoors at night in temple compounds, rice fields or the royal court, the performance traditionally unfolds behind a stretch of white cloth illuminated by oil lamps. Puppet masters manipulate the intricate and painstakingly handcrafted puppets to local music, narrating and acting stories from the Ramayana or the Mahabharata epics peppered with improvisation in between. A shadow theatre performance, in some cases, can last up to seven hours long.
(Re)filling the future
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 31/03/2018
» Single-use plastics are causing unforeseen damage to the planet. They're polluting our waterways which poisons our soil; they're being ingested by marine life which we consume; they contaminate the air when burnt; and as of now, there is no place on Earth that hasn't been polluted by plastic.
Southeast Asian masters in the spotlight
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/01/2018
» To any regular art enthusiast, the mention of 19th century artists brings to mind European (especially French) masters like Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas. Asian artists rarely get any mention or recognition -- and unless you're Indonesian or Filipino, the names Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1811-1880) and Juan Luna y Novicio (1857-1899) would probably mean nothing to you.
Twenty years in the making
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 29/08/2017
» Having played, headlined and sold out tickets to the biggest festivals and arena shows in the world, grunge and alternative rock band Foo Fighters finally made it back to Bangkok after 21 years to the ecstasy of fans all around the Southeast Asian region.
Cleaning up the ocean, one bag at a time
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 20/03/2017
» Nowadays, with more awareness of climate change and sustainability than ever, one would expect that humans are becoming more mindful in how they live their daily lives. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth.
Saving the Tamarind
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 07/02/2017
» For over a century the 783 tamarind trees have encircled the sacred ground of Sanam Luang. They were there, like stoic sentinels, during ceremonial pomp and political upheavals, come rain or shine. If the vast ground fronting the Grand Palace is a symbol of Bangkok, the tamarind trees are in turn a symbol of Sanam Luang.
An environmental wonder
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 11/10/2016
» As festival season dies down in the West, it's only just beginning to take off here in Thailand. Music, arts and food events will be settling in on every breezy and open area in the country, and Wonderfruit, the most ambitious and inimitable of all the festivals in Thailand (and Southeast Asia), is returning for its third consecutive year.
Exporting a modified version of Thainess
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 22/09/2016
» 'Epic" would be an understatement to describe the turnout at the Maison&Objet trade fair that took place in Paris earlier this month. Considered one of the most important lifestyle and interior design fairs in the industry, the eight gigantic halls of Parc Des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte were overflowing with amazing design and decor, while buzzing with designers, artists and design addicts from all over the world.