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Art from on high
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/09/2017
» Exquisitely painted room partitions are an important part of a royal crematorium, considered royal paraphernalia for ceremonies. Their creation is inspired by the literary work Traiphum, which describes the three worlds according to the Buddhist-Bhraman beliefs of the universe, reincarnation, and the rule of karma.
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Talking books
Life, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2015
» Thailand's most prestigious literary honour, the SEA Write Award, has announced its shortlist. With nine writers in the race, the largest number ever, we talk to them about their art, awards, politics and literary ideals before the prize is announced in October
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The sounds of Isan
Life, John Clewley, Published on 15/05/2012
» There are two broad fiddle traditions in northeastern music, one from molam, the music of ethnic Laotians and one from kantrum, the music of ethnic Khmers. The division is also neatly delineated geographically into molam in the upper and central parts of the Northeast and kantrum in the lower part, near the Cambodian border. As the late great kantrum singer Darkie noted in his anthem to northeastern music, Isan Samakhee (Northeast Unity): "Isan nua me molam, Isan tai me kantrum."
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At a dangerous juncture
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 12/03/2012
» For all but the most recent bit of human history, India and China have been the two great civilisations of the world. Although they look adjacent on a map, in reality they are separated by a corridor of highly inhospitable territory _ great deserts, huge mountains, fierce rivers. The southern part of this barrier is formed by a knot of hills and great rivers on the upper border of Southeast Asia. Armies struggled across this barrier in the Second World War, but the routes promptly disappeared like tracks in the sand.
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