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Preserving the ancient arts
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/10/2018
» One night in Khanom district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, 15-year-old Thanawit Kerddam brought out his best in performing a southern folk tale before numerous viewers. He provided the voices to more than 10 nang talung shadow puppets, sang along with fast-paced southern music, and occasionally slipped in jokes and current events. Although the audience from Bangkok did not understand the southern dialect, they felt the characters' emotions as the shadow puppets danced behind the white-cloth screen.
Guardian of Moving Images
Life, Published on 31/07/2018
» The man with the beard has collected film for 37 years. Today, July 31, Dome Sukvong's duty as director of the Thai Film Archive will come to an end, though it's clear to everyone in the Thai cultural community that the work he has pioneered nearly four decades ago -- and there's still so much work to be done -- will continue.
Day of the dolphins
Life, Published on 12/07/2018
» Almost every morning, a batch of around 10, 2m-long pink dolphins, or Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, can be seen gathering around Thong Nian Bay off Khanom district, Nakhon Si Thammarat. They swim alongside fishing boats and wait for small fish to come their way. The endangered pink dolphins numbering around 50 attract many tourists to Khanom, especially during January-April.
To the rescue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/07/2018
» I will never forget the moment man first landed on the moon.
Normal is for other people
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/05/2018
» 'You can't work for Karl for 33 years and be bored," says Caroline Lebar. "If I did, I would have been bored a long time ago."
A trio of biennials
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/12/2017
» 'Thailand's first biennial(e)" is a phrase you'll most certainly hear next year, as the country will hold not one but three different art biennials in 2018, with the organisers of each claiming theirs as the earliest project.
Your horoscope for 17-23 Nov
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 16/11/2017
» Spot-on horoscope for work, money, coupled & single life from famously accurate Guru's fortuneteller. Let's see how would you fare this week & beyond!
Into the Khmer Rouge abyss
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017
» It's the kind of project that courts doubt and even disdain from the very logline. Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood A-lister lately known for marital drama, is directing a film in Cambodia about the atrocity of the Khmer Rouge years, based on the memoir of a woman who, as a girl, lived through it all.
Changing the face of Bangkok
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/07/2017
» A riverside promenade, an observation tower, new bridges and transportation lines -- just to name a few -- are among the numerous urban development projects that keep popping up on the government's agenda.
A trio of biennials
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/07/2017
» Even if you don't ordinarily attend international art galleries, it doesn't matter -- the galleries will soon be coming to you, with the launch of not one but two art biennials (or Biennales) in Bangkok, and a Thailand Biennale to be held in Krabi next year.