Ban Thon Village in tambon Khok Khian, Muang Narathiwat, is a fishing villagewhere a type of traditional fishing boat called rua korlae is made to order by the province’s only remaining rua korlae builder, Mahama Suemae. Also, miniature boats are made and sold as souvenirs at a nearby centre. Rua korlae are smallsized wooden fishing boats used in the lower South. The head and tail of each boat is elevated and carved with various traditional Malay, Java and Thai motifs, especially kanok (flames), lotus, the head of the Naga, the flying Hanuman and the head of imaginary birds andlions. There is a saying: ‘People of the Bang Nara River without rua korlae and fishing are like naked people.