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A new height of travelogue
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 16/06/2016
» After the success of its drama series Goodbye Ghosts! and The Most Difficult Romance, GEM television channel -- the latest entertainment channel from Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia -- will bring out the best in We Are Asia: Dean Fujioka & Friends, a travel and entertainment documentary, which will be on air every Sunday at 7.30pm on GEM Channel via TrueVisions Channel 244. The world premiere will open on Sunday.
A play of righteousness
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/06/2016
» After the great success of its premiere on June 9, the Fine Arts Department's stage play Phra Mahajanaka, makes a comeback tomorrow at 1pm at the National Theatre near Sanam Luang.
Handle with care
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 12/07/2016
» Around 2 million fascicles, or phuk, of manuscripts have been found so far in Thailand, massive records of ancient stories and knowledge mostly kept in temples. Many of them are in a sorry state, only about 10% of these manuscripts having been registered by the Fine Arts Department's Manuscripts and Inscriptions Group since 1975. The rest need the care of monks and local villagers to save them from the ravages of time.
Little puppet master
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/06/2016
» Last month, hundreds of people were enjoying the traditional southern Thai shadow puppet performance known as nang talung. At a show at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Centre in Bangkok, they were mesmerised by the puppeteering, singing and dubbing skills of Thailand's youngest nang talung performer, Sakon Suwannakhot. This nine-year-old boy from Phra Phrom, Nakhon Si Thammarat, started practising the art at the age of seven. Today, he is the puppet master of a seven-member troupe under the Talung Dharma Youth Project of Wat Phra Phrom.
Ming dynasty art brought back to life
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/05/2016
» Rare Chinese Buddhist art has come to Bangkok. Until Sunday, the "Buddhist Faith Art Of The Ming Dynasty" exhibition is being held at the National Gallery on Chao Fah Road, near Sanam Luang, Bangkok.
Digitising dhamma
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 23/03/2016
» At Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong in Chiang Mai, experts have been reading and digitising the old temple's palm-leaf manuscripts for weeks. Centuries-old manuscripts at other ancient northern temples -- Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang and Wat Duang Dee in Chiang Mai, Wat Sung Men in Phrae and Wat Lai Hin in Lampang -- have been registered and well conserved.
A headless mystery
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/03/2016
» History buffs and archaeological experts are currently participating in one of the hottest debates in recent years. Rungroj Phirom-anukul has offered a controversial theory that the head of a Buddha image on view at the National Museum Bangkok might belong to the Ayutthaya Kingdom's major Buddha statue Phra Sri Sanphet. According to history as it's currently understood, Phra Sri Sanphet, burnt by Burmese invaders during the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, was brought to Bangkok during the reign of King Rama I and has been kept inside Phra Chedi Sri Sanphet Chadauyan, a pagoda at Wat Pho, ever since.
The sweet life
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 19/04/2016
» Desserts are a form of culture. They are more than just food since they mirror history and civilisations. In some countries, desserts were even used to save cities from invaders, such as when the Chinese put secret messages for their allies inside moon cakes during wartime. In various cultures, desserts are integral to religious ceremonies, rituals and festivities and also symbolise friendship.
Rocket Festival in Yasothon
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/04/2016
» From May 14-15, the annual "Yasothon: City Of Bang Fai And Isan Legends" festival will take place at Phaya Thaen Park and in Muang district of Yasothon.
At the edge of Bangkok
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 02/02/2016
» Food, literature, music, performances, creative workshops and social discussions -- all of this in the picturesque neighbourhood of the capital. Bangkok Edge, branded as the city's first "ideas festival", will rock the old town area of Tha Tian from noon to midnight on Feb 13 and 14, with a wide variety of activities.