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Master of puppets
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 16/08/2019
» His heart and mind remain true to aesthetics. His eagle eyes are still sharp, focusing on every detail. National Artist Chakrabhand Posayakrit is 76 years old today. To celebrate, a new exhibition is showcasing the hun krabok (traditional Thai rod puppets), paintings and drawings from his 1989 production of Sam Kok (Romance Of The Three Kingdoms).
Apping out the royal funeral
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 12/10/2017
» With heavy hearts, Thais do not want the day of the royal cremation for their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej to come, but must accept the truth. In greater Bangkok, mourners can present sandalwood flowers for the royal funeral at 114 assembly points on Oct 26.
A legacy lives on
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/10/2016
» Many Thais were stunned by the recent news of the sale of the decades-old Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel to Thailand's biggest hospital group for development into a health resort. Shortly after, they sighed with relief when finding out that the entire Nai Lert business empire was not sold.
A new height of travelogue
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 16/06/2016
» After the success of its drama series Goodbye Ghosts! and The Most Difficult Romance, GEM television channel -- the latest entertainment channel from Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia -- will bring out the best in We Are Asia: Dean Fujioka & Friends, a travel and entertainment documentary, which will be on air every Sunday at 7.30pm on GEM Channel via TrueVisions Channel 244. The world premiere will open on Sunday.
In a land of trees
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/06/2015
» On more than 100 rai of land in Nakhon Chaisi district of Nakhon Pathom, which is only about 50km from Bangkok, is a new privately-owned museum called Woodland. The presentation is done under the theme of a fantasy land through the story of Grandfather Teak, a very old tree.
A place of royal vessels
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/08/2014
» This popular verse of an ancient Thai poem on the royal barge procession crosses our mind when we step into the National Museum of Royal Barges in Thon Buri and see a royal barge with the figurehead of a mythical swan. The Suphannahong Royal Barge is one of the eight stunning royal barges on display along with objects used in the procession.
Class is now in session
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 05/06/2014
» Debsirin School, for many Thais, brings to mind excellent education and an outstanding soccer team.
Fun weekend forays
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 10/04/2014
» Motorists who whizz along the elevated section of Boromratchonnanee Road (Pin Klao-Nakhon Chaisi Road) on their way to the lower Central Region or the South are bypassing some real hidden gems in the streets below. Many of the red-shirt protesters who gathered on Utthayan Road in Phutthamonthon the other day probably didn’t realise they were so close to such fascinating destinations either. The major Buddhist centre at Phutthamonthon is reasonably well known, but there’s a trio of unique museums in this locality that deserve more patronage and at least five floating markets that offer hours of innocent pleasure.
Savouring a sylvan past
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/08/2013
» In the late 1760s, when King Taksin was busy establishing his new capital in Thon Buri following the sacking of Ayutthaya, this was a sparsely populated frontier area. Those were unsettled times and the residents of this rural outpost probably lived in constant fear of attack by enemy troops.
Stepping back in time
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 10/07/2012
» Standing tall in a tiny alley off Lan Luang Road is a two-storey wooden house with a gabled roof. Today the structure is in a sorry state, with the walls, floors and window frames all badly in need of repair.