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Creating a renaissance
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/04/2014
» Throughout an hour spent in the Traditional Thai Art room of the National Gallery, we saw only a few Western tourists walking in and around the stunning red Western-style room to admire several of Thailand’s masterpieces. Within 10 or 15 minutes, those visitors left, then it was very quiet at the “Louvre of Thailand”, the Kingdom’s only state-run museum of art with the largest collection of traditional and contemporary artworks.
The confidant of kings
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/04/2014
» He was the sole tutor of two Thai monarchs — King Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII, and HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej. In Switzerland in 1936, Cleon Seraidaris, a lawyer, started guiding the young King Rama VIII and Prince Bhumibol towards their educational goals. Up until his death in 1997, his close ties and devotion to HM the King and the royal family of Thailand remained strong.
Battle for survival
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/03/2014
» It took more than three hours for the battle to end, and even then there was no eventual winner or loser. The battlefield was a theatre, rather than a war zone, and there was no official verdict recorded except the audience’s approval.
Picture-Perfect paradise
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 26/12/2013
» The camera zooms in, revealing a bald Chinese man in a suit lying unconscious by a stream. Eventually he opens his eyes and asks: "Where are we?" Another man walking towards him replies: "Thailand." That is the moment their journey in the Land of Smiles begins.
A modern retelling of the cloth classics
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 02/12/2013
» New creativity and age-old wisdom will find aesthetic balance next week, when the annual Jim Thompson Farm Tour in Pak Thong Chai district, Nakhon Ratchasima, begins.
Epic tales
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/10/2013
» The Sun is 4m in diameter and made of resin cement. It is movable _ not through any cosmic force, but with hydraulics. To stop the flaming chariot of the Sun, the monkey god Hanuman enlarges himself only to be burned. No, Hanuman was told, the Sun cannot be stopped. It can only be hidden, and that piece of simple wisdom is the key to this action-packed chapter of the Ramakien epic.
Woven art for life
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 09/08/2013
» Colourful like flowers, exquisite like art pieces and glittering like stars _ these are more than 150 antique textiles from palaces, local and ethnic communities in Thailand and other Asian countries. The Centuries-Old Tai Textiles Exhibition in Ayutthaya is the fruit of Asian textiles and culture expert Paothong Thongchua's passion for antique fabrics.
A prince in art
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/05/2013
» About 100 children and adults wearing red jongkraben were learning Thai classical dances at Ban Plainern, the private residence of Prince Narisaranuvattiwongse _ the Great Craftsman of Siam. Here in the lush tropical gardens around the beautiful traditional Thai wooden house in Klong Toey, classical dances are taught in the morning and traditional Thai music in the afternoon every Saturday.
The write message
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/01/2013
» Recently crowned a National Artist and once voted Thailand's favourite novelist, Tomyantee is a recognisable name even to those who don't read novels. The recognition from the Ministry of Culture came with cheers but probably without surprise; it was only a matter of time before Tomyantee, a grand dame of letters who's been in poor health lately, was awarded the country's most prestigious artistic honour.
A royal legacy
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/11/2012
» The annual khon masked dance performance by the Support Foundation is back, spectacular as ever. Rendering different episodes from the Ramakien, the show is remarkable for its impeccable beauty of dancing, singing, voiceover, dialogue, costume and overall imagination which has been a model of consistency over the years.