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Village vibrancy
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/11/2014
» Dozens of old bicycles for rent are kept under an elevated wooden house and in the concrete courtyard of Amporn Leesuksam, the village head of Ban Khok, in U Thong district of Suphan Buri.
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Common threads
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/09/2017
» The silk woven cloth village of Ban Sanuan Nok plants the most mulberry trees in Huai Rat district, Buri Ram. The fresh leaves are the food of silkworms and of the people who use them to enhance their cuisine, and a few of the leaves are even bigger than the size of an adult's hand.
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Blessings for Sai Noi
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/10/2015
» Her back is a little bent and she walks slowly with the help of a walking stick, but at 85 years old, Thongdee Krailert still has a good memory. She remembers well how her parents performed a rite asking Mae Phosop (the Mother of Rice) to provide a healthy yield when the rice plants start growing.
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Once in a lifetime
B Magazine, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/04/2019
» The sky in Mae Hong Son was grey with haze, blanketing the province day and night. The smell from forest fires and the open-air burning of farm waste hurt the nose. The polluted air hurt the eyes. But the ongoing air crisis couldn't ruin the celebratory spirit of Ban Pha Bong community as it hosted Poi Sang Long, the annual mass novice ordination ceremony of the Tai Yai ethnic group.
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Gearing up for tourists
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/03/2018
» After harvesting season, rice farmers in the Northeast hold an annual merit-making ceremony to express gratitude to Mae Phosop (the Goddess of Rice). The farmers bring a portion of their newly harvested rice and pile it up on a temple ground for monks to bless.
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Flowering of a village
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 11/09/2014
» A ton dok mai, which literally translates as flower tree, is finally planted at the temple grounds of Wat Sirimongkol, in the village of Ban Ahee in Loei.
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Point of view
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/02/2017
» It was dark outside and the crickets chirped monotonously. The rooster's crow before dawn could easily wake up an entire household. I glanced at my watch only to realise it was 4am. Soon an e-taen, a modified farm truck, would pick me up to go watch the Sun rise over a sea of fog from Huai Ton Hai viewpoint in Sukhothai's Ban Na Ton Chan village.
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An enduring tradition
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/03/2017
» Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district.
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All shook up
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/05/2016
» You may have seen or joined a monk ordination ceremony in your neighbourhood. In some communities, a monk-to-be may sit on the shoulders of a male relative or friend, on the back of an elephant, a horse or on a plastic chair in the back of a pickup truck for a parade starting from home to the temple.
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A place where time moves slow
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/04/2021
» A double-decker ferry docked at a pier on the bank of the Don Sak River in Surat Thani's Don Sak district, about a 90-minute drive from Surat Thani Airport. The destination was not world-renowned Koh Samui or Koh Phangan but a smaller more low-profile island named Koh Phaluai.
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