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Food fit for a king (or queen)
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/08/2017
» The King Prajadhipok Museum is hosting the "From Palace Kitchens To Today's Eateries" exhibition, which will move to other venues nationwide until the end of November.
Thais renew bid to retrieve aged lintel
News, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 17/08/2017
» Thailand has high hopes that a sandstone lintel which was illegally smuggled from the Khao Lon Khmer Sanctuary in Sa Kaeo decades ago and later sold to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco will be returned home in the wake of some new discoveries.
Preparing for the final farewell
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 14/08/2017
» As the royal funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej is less than three months away, craftsmen and officials responsible for building and decorating the royal crematorium rarely have a rest day. Hard at work, their skillful hands and trained eyes focus on the minute details of the decorative art pieces for the final farewell.
Mother's Day activities
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/07/2017
» To celebrate the National Mother's Day on Aug 12, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s Central Regional Office is hosting the "August: Travel With Mothers" campaign under the "Happy Family" Concept in order to stimulate tourism among families throughout August this year. It is part of its campaign to promote tourism in Green Season, aka the low season.
Architectural splendour
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/07/2017
» Every Saturday morning, hundreds of people form a long queue for a visit to Bang Khun Phrom Palace. Once the home of Marshal-Admiral Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand of Nagor Svarga (1881-1944) and now the Bank of Thailand Museum, the handsome residence has become a new attraction that draws huge interest of cultural tourists, local and international. Some of the visitors are late to the queue and have to return on another Saturday, since only 400 tickets are issued each day. From last month until the end of this year, the palace, normally open to group visits only, welcomes the public on an individual basis for the first time in decades.
Friend, unfriend, tolerate, obliterate
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 17/07/2017
» Social-network users have many reasons to hide, block and unfriend their friends and followers. Since its establishment in 2004, Facebook has rapidly increased users from a few friends of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to 2 billion monthly active users in June 2017.
Remembering the literary princess
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 12/07/2017
» Fans of V. Na Pramuanmarg's novels, including Prisna, Ratnavadi and Chao Sao Khong Anond, queued and waited eagerly to purchase copies of their favourites during the "Exhibition To Commemorate HRH Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit's 40th Death Anniversary" being held in the Lifestyle Hall, Floor 2, Siam Paragon shopping complex. V. Na Pramuanmarg is the pen name of the princess who died in an attack when communist insurgents shot the helicopter in which she rode trying to bring two wounded border-patrol policemen to a hospital in Surat Thani on Feb 16, 1977.
Lent procession
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 29/06/2017
» From July 8-10, lent candle processions and celebrations will be held in various venues in Muang district, Suphan Buri province, to mark the start of the Buddhist Lent.
Journey into antiquity
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/06/2017
» Not many people know that Phaya Mangrai, a great warrior king, had founded a few other cities before establishing Nopburi Sri Nakhon Ping (the present-day Chiang Mai) as the centre of the Lanna Empire. Evidence is clear in the cases of the Chiang Saen and Wiang Kum Kam ancient cities in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai respectively. Traces of another ancient city, Fang, have been found in the forms of city walls, pottery and an inscription. The new discovery holds historical significance and is hoped to attract cultural tourists.
Lent celebration
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 08/06/2017
» On July 8, the Lat Chado Municipality in Phak Hai district, Ayutthaya province, will host a candle procession on the Lat Chado Canal to mark the start of Buddhist lent.