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Five shades of beauty
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 14/01/2019
» Many Thais know and love Chinese blue and white porcelain. Yet, another kind of Chinese ceramics called Bencharong, literally meaning "five colours", is not so popular although it was custom-made in China for Siam.
Remembering a revered monk
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 11/01/2019
» To commemorate the 149th anniversary of the birth of the venerable late monk Phra Ajarn Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera, or Luang Pu Mun, which falls on Jan 20, nine Buddhist temples in Bangkok, the North and the Northeast will host a range of activities, including merit-making and dhamma practice, from Jan 17-21.
The art of giving
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/12/2018
» To raise funds for its continued mission to grant around 30 scholarships per year to art students and support talented young artists who wish to have exhibitions of their own, the Marsi Foundation in honour of the late HSH Princess Marsi Sukhumbhand Paribatra has launched a new collection of souvenirs bearing the princess' art, which will make perfect Christmas and New Year's gifts for anyone.
Making the most of the land
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 05/12/2018
» King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away in October 2016 and left behind countless legacies for his people, including over 4,000 royal projects. To keep the royal principles and practices going -- especially the sufficiency-economy philosophy -- a group of more than 20 academics, led by Asst Prof Phichet Sowitthayasakun of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), is establishing the Institute of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (ISEP) to teach "the King's principles".
Beauty and the beasts
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/11/2018
» Once upon a time, not long before the Siamese Revolution, there was a princess who was born in a palace but had to leave home, and who lived happily ever after as an artist in a faraway land.